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
Hey there! Just some lines to keep you up to date… We’ve been a lot on the water in the last days. Went from Weymouth to Portland where we stayed for one night. We rounded Portland Bill and headed towards Dartmouth where we arrived at three o’clock in the night. Sailing at night with decent Read More
The Witch rafted up … behind her there are 4 boats along each other… for now… and counting… đ
The ones of you that follow us on marinetraffic.com might have noticed: Yesterday we went from Weymouth Marina to the entrance of Portland Outer Harbour on the way to Portland Marina but eventually turned back due to very uncomfortable wavy conditions at winds of around force 6 to 7, in gusts 8. The afternoon, the Read More
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