Why not show off your Sailing Adventures? We are always keen to add new Sailing related Logs and Blogs to our website. If you have some content to share, please email to hccwebsitemanager@gmail.com and we’ll be happy to include it.
Please, also comment on the logs using the form below.
During 2024 Michael & Caroline made a trip from Fambridge to the Medway via the Havengore & Potton Bridges. A trip that can be recommended to all.
Old School Log! Written in real time by Chris, Mary, Don & Freda.
Phil Thorne has written a warts-and-all entertaining log with photos of his 2021 sailing year aboard Beguine, his and Angela’s Frances 26. It’s a great read, and begins at the beginning in March, which “started badly” after he fitted a new battery and decided to turn the engine over….
Please allow a few moments for this large file to load
Proving you don’t have to have a huge boat to travel far and wide are Bob and Kim Todd who sail “Escape” a 20’ BayRaider Expedition made by Swallow Yachts.
Some HCC members have sailed round Britain as a once-in-a-lifetime adventure, but in 2023 Simon Harding completed his third-time around in his 51’ gaff yawl Cygnet of London. Partner Sharon, too, went much of the way. During an event-full trip in stunning scenery, they saw bottlenosed and common dolphins, a Risso’s dolphin and a pod of killer whales.
Cygnet is a gaff rigged yawl, built in 1906 by the Burgoine Brothers of Kingston on Thames to a design by her first owner G. Chalmers. At some time she was converted to Bermudan rig, and converted back to gaff yawl rig in 2006.
Please allow a few moments for this large file to load
Hollowshore Cruising Club 