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Why is it that the heating decides to pack in just before we are leaving?

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Jo F

We are down at the boat at the moment, packing our belongings into Nimrod. Amazingly, our clothes were easily accommodated but the bottles have taken a bit longer to stow! Disappointingly, the heating decided to pack up so we will be taking … Continue reading →

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The Packing Has Begun!

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Jo F

The momental task of trying to sort out what clothes we should take with us has begun! We are figuring that we will have about three/four weeks of clothes with us plus one smarter set (in case we get invited … Continue reading →

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Yacht maintenance

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Jo F

Off to Gosport this weekend for a 7 day course on yacht maintenance. This should help to fill in the gaps of our knowledge. Learning by doing is not exactly structured!

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Welcome to our site!

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Jo F

This is our website for Nimrod, a 40′ Westerly Oceanlord. We will be blogging about our  adventures on her. We start our journey to the Mediterranean in April/May 2012 leaving Portsmouth, UK and sailing mostly double handed. As with most sailing … Continue reading →

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