Difran 2 Baltic Cruise 2014

Vessel Name: Difran 2
Vessel Make/Model: Own Design & Build
Hailing Port: Moved To beaulieu River
Crew: Mars Street & Josh Passingham
About: Great Crew we enjoy sailing together
Extra:
It is now a year hence Difran 2 has moved to the beautiful Beaulieu River Mike offered me a buoy and later relented to to give me a lovely buoy further up river so I am now well Pleased. ]2015 has been a frustrating year we have completed a summer cruise in fact three cruises 1st to Cherbourg to [...]
26 July 2018
17 April 2017
19 June 2016
14 May 2016 | Bucklers Hard, Beaulieu River
13 April 2016 | Beaulieu River, Solent
04 November 2015 | Bucklers Hard
13 August 2015
01 August 2014 | Home
30 July 2014 | Dover
29 July 2014 | Oostend
25 July 2014 | Still in Amsterdam
23 July 2014 | Groningen
23 July 2014 | Now in Amsterdam
14 July 2014 | Svenborg, Sth, Fyn
10 July 2014 | Sonderborg Denmark
10 July 2014 | Sonderborg Denmark
26 June 2014 | Southampton
10 June 2014 | Home
08 June 2014 | Shamrock Quay Marina
Recent Blog Posts
26 July 2018

Some time later????

It is now july 2018. The last two years have been difficult for my own physical being also the sailing of Difran 2.

17 April 2017

Plans for 2017

Hi,

19 June 2016

One horrendous Month

It all started so well Sailed out from the Solent Tuesday 17th May. Into Brighton VHF reply have you read Notice to Mariners 'we have 1.5 m silt what draft are you? managed to get in and find the berth. Wednesday poored with rain Thursday went to go silt caused late departure late at Dungness, late into [...]

08 June 2016

Heading North, First week or two

Departed Beaulieu Tuesday morning around 09.00. great day pleasant sail cleared Selsey heading for Brighton, on entry had discussion with HM about silting and depth. All ok, next day wind and rain so stayed put. early departure prevented by low water got out then struggled with tides at Dungness rough [...]

14 May 2016 | Bucklers Hard, Beaulieu River

2016 Cruise round UK

So here we are May 14th all is nearly ready Mars joins me to shift Difran 2 onto the pontoon at Bucklers, Paul joins on Monday and we are off Tuesday 17th May, Brighton, Dover, Chatham, Shotley, Lowestoft.

13 April 2016 | Beaulieu River, Solent

New Year

As I get older the winters seem of late to be cold wet and very windy. On the Beaulieu river we had three yachts blown ashore seemingly missing all other moored craft, Difran 2 had a few problems damage to Boom tent and Spray hood, all mended now. There have been two or three days when one i#was able [...]

Final long Day

01 August 2014 | Home
Bryan T Moderate
The final day started well departure Dover 06.00, Cleared the port control and set course for Dungness Good sailing. But once again the day deteriorated into head wind and tide on the nose with a real struggle to round Beachy Head. Tried Motor sailing with main, main and Genny just engine then remembered full spring tides so just struggled on. In sailing it was a short course out long tack along the shore ended in covering only two miles in the hour in required direction.
Finally arrived off Brighton/ Hove and decieded to motor through the night hours to clear The Owers buoy then sail again past Sth Pular and the NabTower this being achieved in a brisk fashion, when once again the wind died to light for us to pass through the forts and up Southampton water to the Itchen finally berthing at Shamrock Quay around 10.00 hrs 28 hrs. Longer than the trip outbound passage, also longer the a couple of winter passages of past years. As someone has already said 'If the sun is in your eyes the wind is wrong direction'. But Cruise complete on schedule so all round rather pleasing.
I'm now sorting photo's. So will see what can be done as to size and suitability, Remember we visited Amsterdam????

Regards to All, Bryan T skipper Difran 2
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Difran 2's Photos - Main
Just a few photo's at random of Difran2 before and on the 2014 cruise to the Baltic. 2015 we have now completed the european Coast from Cuxhaven to Tregieur. we head west next. We have visited the South Coast UK to Falmouth But I fancy Round the UK...
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