Why we still enter the harbour regatta
We have never won it. We have learned more about trimming a headsail in three regattas than in a decade of charters.…
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Reading a sea breeze before it arrives
The water tells you fifteen minutes ahead of the sails. What our skippers look for, and why the afternoon is usually the…
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Four winters rebuilding Bellwether
A short account of what a 1962 gaff-rigged ketch needs before it can carry guests again, counted in fastenings. Eleven hundred bronze…
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What actually goes in the cooler
Full-day and overnight charters are provisioned by us. Here is what that means in practice, and what you should still bring. We…
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The safety brief, and why it is short
Six minutes on the dock, not twenty. What we cover, what we leave out, and why the order matters. Lifejackets, the boom,…
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When we cancel, and what happens next
The weather call is made twenty-four hours out. Here is the threshold, and what it costs you when we get it wrong.…
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