Missing Link is escorted over the border into Cornwall, finding lighter winds but mistier conditions.
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April 30th, 1999 | Category: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | Leave a comment Missing Link indulges in a marina crawl around Plymouth, punctuated by a meander several miles up the Tamar to Calstock. Continue reading Grand Tour day 13: River Tamar to Calstock April 29th, 1999 | Category: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | Leave a comment 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. Continue reading Grand Tour day 12: Darthaven Marina to Plymouth April 28th, 1999 | Category: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | Leave a comment 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. Continue reading Grand Tour day 11: Darthaven Marina to Totnes April 27th, 1999 | Category: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | Leave a comment A tale of two charming rivers and a most peculiar case of propeller fouling. Continue reading Grand Tour day 10: Topsham to Darthaven Marina April 26th, 1999 | Category: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | Leave a comment 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. Continue reading Grand Tour day 9: Topsham April 25th, 1999 | Category: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | Leave a comment 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. Continue reading Grand Tour day 8: Torquay to Topsham April 24th, 1999 | Category: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | Leave a comment 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! Continue reading Grand Tour day 7: Poole to Torquay Marina April 23rd, 1999 | Category: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | Leave a comment 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. Continue reading Grand Tour day 6: RNLI and Sunseeker in Poole April 22nd, 1999 | Category: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | Leave a comment 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? Continue reading Grand Tour day 5: Poole Harbour April 21st, 1999 | Category: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | Leave a comment |
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