Solent Sailing on Jalapeno and Karic
A lovely weekend of Solent sailing with Jalapeno and Karic both out working. We rafted both boats together at anchor in Osborne Bay on the Saturday evening for a swim…
FASTNET 2017 BLOG EPISODE 6 – THE MORGAN CUP
Regular readers may have noticed a Star Wars theme to the titles of the last two blogs. I was wondering how to twist “Episode 6 – Return of the Jedi”…
Fastnet 2017 – Blog Episode 5 (THE ELEMENTS STRIKE BACK?!) – FIRST QUALIFYING RACE!
De Gigo … er, Da Gringa … Gringo? Gringo Bowl? That doesn’t sound right. Ah, De Guingand Bowl. That’s easy to remember (!). And probably why some sailors simply call…
Fastnet 2017 – Blog Episode 4 (A New Hope?) – First Training Sail!
Chichester Harbour, Itchenor Reach, just before noon. There’s a south westerly force 3, the sun is shining on a beautiful spring morning and the Sail Boat Project Fastnet 2017 crew…
Fastnet 2017 – Blog Episode 3 – Meeting the Crew & Sea Survival Training
"FIRE FIRE FIRE!!!" WHAT?!?! I spin round and catch sight of the flames starting to blaze in the corner just a few feet away from me. Everyone’s shouting; alarms are…
Fastnet 2017 – Blog Episode 2 – Jalapeno Refurb
Shiver me timbers it's been cold this month ! John here from the Sail Boat Project with the latest update on our preparation for this year's Fastnet Race. January has…
The UK’s only veggie/vegan sailing school
This past January you might have been taking part in 'Veganuary' - if not, may well have seen it mentioned on social media or the news. If you haven't heard…
Fastnet 2017 – Blog No. 1 – Introduction!
Ahoy sailors! John here from the Sail Boat Project with the first in a series of blogs about our journey over the next 8 months towards one of the most…
Sailing Forward recovery sails qualifications
Really good to catch up with the crew from Sands (Stonepillow) today who have been out on a couple of our half day Sailing Forward recovery sails. Skipper Jacquie Dowding…
First aid course Brighton
£75 First Aid course Brighton 2 sessions Mondays 31st October and 28th November, 1800-2100 £75 per person, with £5 going to the RNLI. [lollum_button text="Book Now" url="https://sailboatproject.org/event/first-aid-course-2016/" size="big"] This Emergency…