Archive for April, 1999
Grand Tour day 4: Cobbs Quay, Poole
0 Comments Published April 20th, 1999 in Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boatingFaced with strong winds and as much water falling out of the sky as sitting below the boot topping, the crew of Missing Link stay put and go goggle-eyed over chart plotters.
Grand Tour day 3: Weymouth to Poole via Lulworth Cove
0 Comments Published April 19th, 1999 in Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boatingRunning before the threatened wind, Missing Link stays with the MBM Cruising Club fleet and heads eastwards for Poole, but takes time out to bask in the sunshine at Lulworth Cove.
Grand Tour day 2: Haslar Marina to Weymouth
0 Comments Published April 18th, 1999 in Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boatingAgainst the weather odds, Missing Link has made it to Weymouth on the coat-tails of 19 MBM Cruising Club boats. But it may be that the next leg will be east, not west.
Grand Tour day 1: Port Solent to Haslar
0 Comments Published April 17th, 1999 in Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boatingThey’re off! The crew of Missing Link meet up with 19 Motor Boats Monthly Cruising Club boats but have to guess the implications of a marauding low-pressure weather system.
