Tag: #Vertue
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Do you need a Big Boat to make a Ocean Passage?
May 2025 Reading Time: 20 minutes Category: Sailing in General The vast expanse of the ocean calls for a certain adventurous spirit, but does that call also necessitate a behemoth of a boat? The average length of a boat in this years Atlantic Rally for Cruisers was 48 foot. Yachts need to be over 27…
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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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Dunstaffnage to Inverness – via the Caledonian Canal
Departed 9th June 2023. Arrived Inverness Marina 15th June 2023 Log 1015 (fouled) to L1131 Reading Time: 15 minutes Tilman and I arrived at the boat after a week in the stunning countryside of Glen Lyon. I had a list of tasks that needed completing before we could set off for the Caledonian Canal –…
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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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New Vertue Spotted – Tom Thumb V111
August 2021 This is cheating because I haven’t actually seen Tom Thumb – yet. However, I did ask Kevin if he could look out for her as he was sailing from Craobh Marina on an enlarged circumnavigation of Mull. He kindly sent me these photos. Kevin, by the way, looks after the Shackleton Museum in…
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New Vertue Spotted – Merganser V47
We were launching our little dinghy during the bank holiday weekend that the weather forecasters said would be glorious blue skies with temperatures in the mid-twenties but were surprised to find ourselves wearing our Rab belay jackets and the poor dog started shivering! A nice man who I have met before and completely forgotten his…
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New Vertue Spotted – Outlander Vertue II
Well not quite “newly spotted” as I knew that Ranulph had his Vertue 2 moored at Dunstaffnage. It has a small bowsprit which must add to the marina mooring fees, but as Ranulph is the Marina Manager I suppose that isn’t too much of an issue! There are many different rigs on Vertues. The common…
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Notes from the East Coast – Wrabness to Woodbridge
We left Wrabness to join up with Torsten on Folia in Titchmarsh Marina. It is a while since I’ve sailed in the Walton Backwaters and I’ve always had fond memories of anchoring at Stone Point. Torsten was due to arrive with a couple of friends late on the Friday evening so while we waited we walked…