Dr Rodney Pell's blog

Dear Crew and Friends,

"Under reduced but well balanced rig, jib and gaff mizzen, we surged through 1.5m - 2m waves off Sheppey at 6 kts with the wind howling in the rigging and ratlines and sheets rod hard and throbbing and seaweed being flung across the deck. Exciting but tiring. 'Sheemaun' no longer a pretty crowd-pulling poser but a very different vessel, sturdy and seagoing doing just what she was built for. "

Guests are taken out to see Ramsgate Week racing at close quarters. Read this document as a pdf file (600Kb). Download here. (Opens in new window)

There are more pages to be added - I'm doing this as fast as time will allow...