Tag: #Vertue
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Scoresby Sund Expedition – The eclipse and then towards home
Day 143 – Wednesday 12th August 2026 Reading time: 7 minutes It is the day of the eclipse. Yesterday it was calm during the day and so we managed to get ashore in our little dinghy. We went to see the weather ballon being launched but got our local time and GMT muddled. We asked…
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Scoresby Sund Expedition – Ittoqqortoormiit and onwards
Day 130. Thursday 30th July 2026 Confidence rating: We got here! But getting back 8/10 When we arrived there were no other boats, not even fishing boats. Then a fast fishing boat arrived and was immediately hauled out. It reminded me of the ferry to Fair Isle which hauls out on arrival due to the…
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New Vertue Spotted – Caber
2nd June 2026 Reading time: One minute I spotted this Vertue2 in the Dunstaffnage boat yard, but I had actually been on the boat last year while she was still afloat. Caber is a glass fibre Vertue 2 built by Bossoms. It has a specially built hard dodger to protect the cockpit which apparently cost…
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Scoresby Sund Expedition – The Final Job List
Nerdiness Quotient: Quite high Confidence Level: 9.75/10 Reading Time: 4 minutes Day 47 Friday 29th May 2026 Sumara is still lying alongside in lovely Ullapool. Once my new 125 amp hour AGM battery arrives, and is successfully fitted, I will move the boat to a mooring up the loch kindly being lent to me by…
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The Scoresby Sund Sailing Expedition Departure is Imminent!
5th April 2026 Reading time: Five minutes Nerdiness Quotient: 2/10 Suddenly there is no time left and an awful lot to do! A fact not helped by me suffering from the dreaded lurgy all last week and I’m only just back to firing on all cylinders. I’m not actually setting sail just yet. The ice…
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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…