Boat Trip!

In my life, I've canoed/kayaked the Ardeche in France, and took a trip on the Canal Du Midi, also in France. But, I'd never sailed. For almost a year, me and my friend Joe have wanted to go sailing since we discovered one of our colleagues had a boat, but we never really got round to planning it. Finally, after a couple of weeks of planning, we planned to head down for the first weekend of August.

We all finished work on Friday, and made the three to four hour drive to Brixham. We arrived to a wonderful English summer evening.. yes they do exist! We prepared the boat for Saturday morning, had a quick freshen up and headed into town to check out the local bars. After a couple of hours, and several alcoholic beverages, we decided to get a relatively early night ready for a day of sailing in the morning.

We woke up to a lovely sunny day in Torbay. After preparing breakfast, we were ready to set sail! I spent most of the morning reliving my scout days with all the various knots needed for fenders and sails. We left the harbour and headed out to sea. 

I'll leave you with some pictures from the two days we spent sailing. As you can see, the weather was very different over the two days. The trip was truly memorable and I'm extremely thankful to Simon for having us for the weekend!

We hope to head back soon!

Have a great week everybody!

Regards, Dan.