Family Sailing Adventures in a Lifting Keel Dufour 32 Integral

07 August 2014
01 August 2014
27 July 2014
26 July 2014
25 July 2014
28 June 2014
20 August 2013
07 May 2013 | Studland
30 April 2013 | Poole
20 April 2013 | Poole
05 September 2012
20 August 2012 | Studland
09 August 2012 | Poole
07 August 2012
06 August 2012 | Dartmouth
13 April 2012 | Poole
26 September 2011 | Poole to Yarmouth via Swanage
01 September 2011 | Studland

Update

28 June 2014
Not doing a great job of keeping the blog up to date.

So far this year we've had a couple of weekends at Studland, some day sailing and I purchased an Optimist for the kids. That has been great fun when we've been anchored in Studland.

Have also managed to get a few mid-week sailing days in. What with weekends being so busy with kids and other family commitments. On my own and with friends. Pal John and I managed a little overnight jaunt to Beaulieu and back the other week, in glorious sunshine and superb sailing conditions.

So far this year the sailing has been great! Lucky lucky!
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Vessel Name: El Nino
Vessel Make/Model: Dufour 32 Integral
Hailing Port: Poole
Crew: Marcus, Angela, Ben, Jamie, Maria
About: Maria: 1 Jamie: 3.5 Ben: 5 Angela: ? Marcus: ??
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El Nino is a lifting keel Dufour 32. She replaces our previous boat, a larger, deeper Hanse 371 which allowed Ange and I to sail to distant shores. But now, with a young and busy family snatching short weekends and days here and there to sail out of shallow Poole harbour, the smaller, lift keel [...]
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