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Monthly Archives: April 1999

30 Apr 1999

Grand Tour day 14: Plymouth to Falmouth

by Kim Hollamby | posted in: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | 0

Missing Link is escorted over the border into Cornwall, finding lighter winds but mistier conditions.

29 Apr 1999

Grand Tour day 13: River Tamar to Calstock

by Kim Hollamby | posted in: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | 0

Missing Link indulges in a marina crawl around Plymouth, punctuated by a meander several miles up the Tamar to Calstock.

28 Apr 1999

Grand Tour day 12: Darthaven Marina to Plymouth

by Kim Hollamby | posted in: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | 0

The NE wind doth blow but we shall have shall have a day dodging a gale to look at Devon’s pearls between Dartmouth and Plymouth, both along the coast and inland.

27 Apr 1999

Grand Tour day 11: Darthaven Marina to Totnes

by Kim Hollamby | posted in: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | 0

A F7 NE keeps us from our original aim of testing a re-engined Fairline 36 Turbo, so we decide to make the best of a sunny day by taking the late afternoon tide to Totnes instead.

26 Apr 1999

Grand Tour day 10: Topsham to Darthaven Marina

by Kim Hollamby | posted in: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | 0

A tale of two charming rivers and a most peculiar case of propeller fouling.

25 Apr 1999

Grand Tour day 9: Topsham

by Kim Hollamby | posted in: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | 0

Stuck again! A S to SE F6-7 blow is slapping Missing Link’s transom in Topsham and the rain is back as well, but we hope to move tomorrow.

24 Apr 1999

Grand Tour day 8: Torquay to Topsham

by Kim Hollamby | posted in: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | 0

The forecasters threaten rain, but we make the most of the brilliant sunshine to give Missing Link a good look over in Torquay before moving on to the quieter sanctuary of the River Exe.

23 Apr 1999

Grand Tour day 7: Poole to Torquay Marina

by Kim Hollamby | posted in: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | 0

Missing Link finds a gap in the weather, noses out of Poole hoping at least for Weymouth and manages to get straight through to Torquay. Crew very happy!

22 Apr 1999

Grand Tour day 6: RNLI and Sunseeker in Poole

by Kim Hollamby | posted in: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | 0

Weather stops play yet again, so Missing Link’s crew head ashore with the MBM Cruising Club to visit Sunseeker International and the RNLI’s headquarters depot.

21 Apr 1999

Grand Tour day 5: Poole Harbour

by Kim Hollamby | posted in: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | 0

A full gale is blowing but the crew of Missing Link have to undertake underway trials and photography of the chart plotters on test. Will Poole Harbour provide a safe enough haven?

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