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Hi. Welcome to the blog pages of Happy Daze.

Ivan and Angela plan to set sail in May, from Scarborough, on the Yorkshire East coast, on a journey around the shores of the UK and Ireland. We will head south, and will travel the right way (clockwise) around the British Isles until we get back to Scarborough, but plan to take our time and enjoy the journey.

We will have our dive kit with us, and intend to jump in and explore the inshore waters at every opportunity. It may be to look at something we know is there (a wreck?), just have a look around to see what we can find, or to get something tasty for supper!

The boat has been extensively re-fitted, and work still goes on to get her ready for the off. Since we brought the boat back from Wells-next-the-Sea she has been known as Wild and Free, but our preparations for the trip will include a re-naming ceremony, and she will be known as Happy Daze.

Please keep in touch to find out how we get on in our preparations and our journey around the coast.

Angela & Ivan

Saturday, 3 July 2010

Leg Nine

Thurs 1st July
Portsmouth to Swanage
We had 3 days doing the sights of Portsmouth. The submarine museum was the best. Ivan was like a kid in a sweet shop! But time to keep heading west. The tides in the Solent are tricky. After checking the almanac a 0300 start would give us the best run but we needed fuel so couldn't go til after 0900 - but then realised that Angela made an error with tide times n we could go mid
morning!! We were out the harbour pronto, we had a police escort (oh, that was for the war ship was it?) the sun was shining (shorts and t-shirts) and the wind for once was good for us. We had a fantastic sail, down to, and past Cowes. This is it at last!!!
We lost the wind a bit and motored past Hurst Point then motor sailed all the way to Swanage. A pretty town with a sheltered bay for safe anchorage. We had the anchor down and tender in the water for a swift beach landing within 30 minutes. We piled up right in front of a seafood bar and didn't hesitate a second in ordering food n beer. The perfect end to the best day so far. After mucking up the tides it could have been very different!!
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