Trilleen has completed her multi season Round Britain and Ireland sail in aid of the Andrew Cassell Foundation, the unique charity which helps disabled sailors race on equal terms with and against abled people, and which will in just a few days be entering not the usual three but four Sonar Keelboats at Cowes Week. … Read more
For the first time in many months Trilleen is making westing, heading down the South coast to the finish line in the Solent. This penultimate leg took us round three great channel headlands: Dungeness, Beachy Head, and Selsey Bill and saw me consign two diversions to the bin before anchoring in Chichester Harbour. Lacking wind … Read more
The struggles I’ve had with the rebuilt engine since Lowestoft have made me think about engines in a completely new way. I’ve come to a view that there are two options. One, the engine works and is reliable; or two, you’re better off without an engine. Because I’m not brave enough, or probably sufficiently skilled, … Read more
Trilleen and I slipped out of Humber Cruising Associations marina at 2300 into the dark chaos of the Humber Estuary with ships of all sizes issuing from the river at up to three times the speed Trilleen is capable of on her best day. Fortunately we were able to escape the lanes soon enough cutting … Read more
Disabled water users are an under recognised part of the water activity and sailing community despite recognising as much as 20% of the participating population. Helping disabled participants enter and remain in the sport is important to the sector’s health and commercial welfare. Ensuring disability access can improve income generation by reducing early exit from … Read more