Woo, relaunch So after an awful long time and a quiet winter it’s time for some news; the Witch is very much alive and well as you’d expect đ At last the time came to get her out of the water and prepare her for the upcoming summer, so this week was all about that; lifting her Read More
… sailing of course. So Jane came along on sunday (not this Easter one but the previous sunday) to meet the Witch and we decided to go for a sail in the Plymouth Sound to try her out. Which of course we did as the day progressed and the weather got better and better. Â We Read More
I’ve been meaning to write for some time now, but laziness and other work got in the way and kept postponing it đ But at last, here we are. So after a very wet winter with massive waves, floods and strong winds hitting the south-west coast of the UK,  the Witch has seen no damage Read More
A severe storm approaches the South of the UK in what is expected to be the worst seen in decades, with wind gusts of 80mph or even more, the Witch silently awaits for her fate to come. It will be difficult to fall asleep tonight. Will she survive or sink? We’ll see how things look Read More
This past weekend the Witch received another two honourable guests, Maureen and Robert, who came to visit from Sidmouth. The weather was fantastic, in fact far too hot to stay ashore so we decided to go out for a sail around the Sound. Had to lock-out due to the low water and then set sail to Read More
Today is the Witch’s happy miles day! After sailing the last few days in the South West of England up to Cornwall, we logged just over 1000 nautical miles today (according to the ship’s logbook which is always thoroughly filled in, and of course since we started sailing her)!  For the less nautical readers this corresponds Read More
The Witch rafted up … behind her there are 4 boats along each other… for now… and counting… đ
On the past weekend the Witch received two very nice guests who came and joined us sailing to the Isle of Wight, Damian and Pontus. As you will find out by the image gallery, Pontus is not your usual guest … he has special needs and special wishes, although he behaved very well indeed. This Read More
A quick update to say that we have reached Dover at last on Sunday. The crossing was easy and all went well in a quick 6-7 hour trip. But it was a sunny day, with good visibility and calm weather. The only downside was the wind which was against us and not very strong which Read More
So we have reached France after many days in the beautiful Netherlands and a cross-over through Belgium. Today we didn’t cross to England mostly because we needed 2 tidal gates and we missed one, but we made it to Calais which is just across the English Channel. Sailing in this region of the globe is Read More