Category: Vertues
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Me and My Vertue
22nd December 2024 When I sailed into Salcombe during the summer I had the pleasure of meeting up with Roger Robinson who runs the Vertue Yachts website. It is a great resource for anyone interested in Vertue yachts or indeed any closely related small boats. While we were nattering Roger suggested that it would be…
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It’s the end of 2023 Sailing Season
20th October 2023 – Ipswich and Titchmarsh It has been a great sailing season. I really enjoyed bringing Sumara through the Caledonian Canal, around to Edinburgh and then down the East Coast. Then I joined Will Stirling to sail through the North West Passage which was a brilliant experience. To finish off the season, just…
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The Vertue’s Little Cockpit
28th April 2023 Reading Time Three Minutes Following in the wake of the recent post on “Sailing Mea” about stopping leaks in his cockpit, I thought I would join in the fun. All Vertues are slightly different but it seems common that the cockpit sole is very close to the waterline. Sumara’s cockpit floor was…
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Rudders, Tillers and Self-Steering Gear – Part Three
9th February 2023 Servo Pendulum and other Self-Steering Gear I suppose it must have been the 1995 Earls Court London Boat Show when I bought my Windpilot Self-Steering gear. Those were the days when you could browse amongst the various suppliers and compare and contrast, before getting completely slaughtered at the Guinness stand. Did you…
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Rudders, Tillers and Self-Steering Gear – Part Two
7th February 2023 Trim Tab Self-Steering Last week I had intended to just post a short piece about the repair I have just made to my rudder hangings. Then I got a bit carried away and went on (and on) about rudders in general. That spurred Bruce Morley to drop me a line about his…
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Rudders, Tillers and Self-Steering Gear – Part One
2nd February 2023 Reading Time 10 Minutes Rudders and Tillers in general My Rudder Repair I have always regarded Sumara’s rudder as being pretty bullet-proof. It pivots on a strong bronze fitting with a 3/4″ pintle at its base. It has two sets of heavy bronze castings with a long 3/4″ bronze bolt linking them…
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New Vertue Spotted
At least, it looks like a Vertue to me – but I could be wrong! Any ideas which one it is?
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New Vertue Spotted – Hussar V21
17th October 2022 We went to Titchmarsh to drop off our box trailer yesterday and went for a tour of inspection of the yachts. The dog wasn’t too thrilled by this activity but it kept me happy. We spotted two Vertues. As we had seen Merganser before I have tagged some updated information to my…
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Vertue Yachts Website
This is a great website run by Roger Robinson to provide information about Vertue Yachts. Not to be confused with the old Vertue Owners Association website which was successfully run by Mathew Powers for many years. Vertueyachts.com is more archival with loads of technical information but there are also regular newsletters which are worth signing…
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Departure to the Faroes is approaching soon
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 17, 18 and 19 – 29th June 2022 Position: Moored Ullapool, North West Scotland Wind: Calm. Sea condition: Calm. Weather: Sunny with Rain Showers You may be wondering why I am staying so long in Ullapool. The original idea of adding some extra time at various stop-over ports was to…