Talora Chasing Tides
| Vessel Name: | Talora |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Sadler 29 Deluxe! |
| Hailing Port: | Shotley Marina England |
| Crew: | Ray and Mary Nash |
01 September 2017
Home and Together again
It's been a long three months and we missed the dogs dreadfully. Robyn, Ethan and Josh, between them, did a marvellous job of looking after the house and dogs which meant we did not need to worry about them......thanks guys!
31 August 2017 | Shotley, Ipswich
Coming home
We were so excited to get into the lock at Shotley, our home port. Our adventure almost over. This photo was taken by Dad.
30 August 2017 | Shotley
Leg 38 Ramsgate to Shotley, finally home!
So, at 1430 yesterday afternoon we make it into the lock at Shotley to a very noisy reception as the lock keeper let off the siren to signal our arrival, fantastic! My Mum and Dad surprised us by being at the lock to greet us, perfect, as did Brian, our Day Skipper Instructor, and his wife Ann. I had [...]
28 August 2017 | Ramsgate
Leg 37 Eastbourne to Dover which turned out to be Ramsgate!
Sunday 27th August and yet another glorious day. Steve and Hailey had left at 6am to go south back to Cowes. We left the berth at 7.30am to enter the Eastbourne lock at 8am. It was busy. We were in the lock with 9 other boat!
28 August 2017 | Eastbourne
Leg 36 Brighton to Eastbourne
Got up early leaving the boys in bed to nip to the supermarket to stock up on provisions. After a bacon butty breakfast, we said goodbye to Josh at the bus stop; he was heading back to Norwich on the train. We would have loved to have him with us for longer but we're grateful he had made the effort [...]
28 August 2017 | Brighton Marina
Leg 35 Portsmouth to Brighton
We woke up at 5.30am to the most beautiful sunshine over Portsmouth. It was going to be a lovely day. With Josh on board, it was lovely to have his company and with a very slight sea it was the perfect trip. Before we left the harbour we took one last trip past the Queen Elizabeth. Leaving the harbour, [...]
Ray, the hero!
So, another day of chores. The engineer changed the oil & filter in Talora as we have had to use it more than we had expected, then Ray offered to have a look at Richards hull after Baltic Cloud had an altercation with a rock a couple of days ago and to make a concerned Richard be more at ease. Those of you who know Ray well will know that he loves any opportunity to get into the sea to help so, with his wet suit on, his face mask at hand and his inhaler on standby, we tied a rope to him and he descended into the cold but clear water. The rudder, shaft & propellor were all okay & other than a couple of small chunks out of his very substantial keel, Richards hull is fine and Ray has done his good deed for the day. As a thank you, Richard has offered to treat us for a meal in Oban tonight so we are heading over on the 7pm ferry to met them in the local Wetherspoons.
With the early sun disappearing by lunchtime, its been really cold here today but I understand most of you are getting thunderstorms.
Tomorrow we will start to plan our passage south, hopefully to warmer weather. We plan to be in Ireland by the beginning of next week. Photo is Ray telling Richard what he found under his boat.
