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Sail 8: Bridport to Torbay
We got recognised by two different people in Bridport, the first was a couple of kids who had seen Fathom in Bembridge. We felt famous...
Ruby Lee
Aug 30, 20223 min read
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Sail 7: Rounding the Bill, Weymouth to Bridport
This is going to be our most dangerous passage to date, the pilot book describes Portland Bill as the most treacherous piece of water in...
Ruby Lee
Aug 28, 20224 min read
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Sail 6: Poole to Weymouth
After the Poole of Oil fiasco, we were looking for a good amount of wind to push us along to Weymouth so that we wouldn't need to use the...
Ruby Lee
Aug 25, 20224 min read
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Poole of Oil
We spent the first night at anchor in the bight of South Deep near Green Island. We set an anchor alarm which went off a lot, but we...
Ruby Lee
Aug 23, 20225 min read
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Sail 5: Yarmouth to Poole
This is our longest passage on Fathom to date, it's also got a few hazards that we've got to watch out for. The Needles Channel is...
Ruby Lee
Aug 20, 20226 min read
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Sail 4: Newtown to Yarmouth
We spent two nights in Newtown Creek, the wind was still Westerly and we had a broken mizzen gaff to fix. The first night at Newtown was...
Ruby Lee
Aug 17, 20223 min read
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Sail 3: Beaulieu River to Newtown Creek
We decided to wait out some unfavourable wind and tides and spend 2 nights moored up the river in Beaulieu. Our rest day was spent rowing...
Ruby Lee
Aug 15, 20224 min read
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Sail 2: Cowes to Beaulieu River
We woke up with slightly sore heads after a few bevies with our new friends Sandy & Pete and the trip up to Cowes Week. We ended up...
Ruby Lee
Aug 6, 20223 min read
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Sail 1: We're off! Bembridge to Cowes
Our boat "Fathom" is seriously slow, she's 100 years old and under sail, she averages 2-3 knots. This means we need to work with the...
Ruby Lee
Aug 6, 20223 min read
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The clean up week: Honeymoon or boat maintenance excursion?
Boats take a fair bit of work and we've done a lot of work to get the good ship Fathom ready to join us on our honeymoon. Since we've...
Ruby Lee
Jul 30, 20222 min read
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