Weymouth to Caiscais

Saturday April 20 At last Rope Sole pulled out of Weymouth Harbour at 10.45. With12 knts of southeasterly breeze the cruising shute went up and the engine was silenced. Sunday April 21-Tuesday April 23 Crossing the channel, countless shipping lanes and encounters with trawlers. The ships log records squalls, course…

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Pre voyage mania

Sunday April 7 2013 During a hectic week of last minute jobs and waiting for a new exhaust manifold to arrive (apparently the last one in Europe!) we suddenly decided to change the boat’s name from ‘Mon Ami’ to ‘Rope Sole’. We had toyed with the name since bringing her…

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