Grand Tour day 4: Cobbs Quay, Poole

Faced 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.

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Grand Tour day 3: Weymouth to Poole via Lulworth Cove

Running 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.

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Grand Tour day 2: Haslar Marina to Weymouth

Against 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.

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Grand Tour day 1: Port Solent to Haslar

They’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.

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