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When reading other’s sailing blogs Calais has always felt a distant city by looking at the end of the Baltic Sea. It really felt like an achievement by arriving on own boat to the harbour of Calais. At the same
On the way from Calais to Dieppe we heard a startling warning on VHF because there were swimmers crossing the English Channel. They notified coordinates for each swimmer and his escort boat. This way the ships can avoid swimmers. The
On the way from Dieppe to Honfleur we again deployed the gennaker because of the light northerly winds. We rigged already a familiar adjustable tack line and the trimming of the sail worked great. We had found an excellent gennaker
After visiting small idyllic Honfleur we were on the way to a much bigger Cherbourg. The marina in Cherbourg has 1500 berths. On this 76 nautical mile voyage the logbook got two significant entries. At first Suwena passed the Greenwich
Silky smooth seas continued on our English Channel crossing from Cherbourg to the Isle of Wight. When I was tying the last knot to the rope of the British courtesy flag when skipper’s head appeared up to the deck and
From the Isle of Wight we continued towards the river Hamble that is also located on the Solent area. We could clearly see that the Solent is the Mecca of sailors in the UK. We could easily spot more than
On Sunday we were sailing with hundreds of other boats on the Solent. Our destination was Buckler’s Hard marina on the inviting Beaulieu river. The sailing turned out to be a good practise on COLREGS navigational rules because there were
We again enjoyed hot sunshine after departing from the Beaulieu river on Monday afternoon. Of course we only managed to sail for a few miles before the wind died altogether. We have made jokes to Brits that now their big
On a 70 nautical mile voyage from Brighton to Dover we were sailing under the gennaker for about 20 miles. The local boats searched for better winds by hugging the white limestone cliffs. For us however these were unknown waters
On Saturday afternoon when we were ready to leave Dover the air was feeling hot and humid. In addition the weather forecast predicted thunderstorms that had not yet arrived. Fortunately Andrus checked the weather radar before our departure. The major
