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Purchased....!! FOR SALE. HURLEY 20 This Hurley 20ft GRP bilge keel, 4-berth sailing cruiser has been refurbished and is in excellent condition. R/reefing, new forestay, genoa in good c...
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Now that Papillon is sold; what could be more natural than a summary of the period of my ownership.. So... it all started when I bought Papillon in March 2009 from Wilson's Boatyard on Hayli...
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End of an era... Papillon is sold - looks like she'll be heading west along the coast to Lee on Solent at some point in time.. probably next spring as the new owner would like to keep her at...
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For Sale - Fantasie 19 "Papillon" - (sail no. 199) LOA 19ft. LWL 16ft, Beam 6.25ft, Draft (twin) 2ft, Displacement 1568lb, Ballast 545lb, Sail area 150sqft, Construction GRP, Headroom ...
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Time for what is now my traditional review of the year past; I really enjoy putting it together as it's a good excuse to review and read all the posts, video and pictures from this years logs......
https://fantasie19papillon.blogspot.com/2012/10/that-was-year-that-was-2012.html
...so how did the weekend go? Well the title kind of gives it away.... I'd taken Friday afternoon off expecting it to be grey but with a little wind to allow some last minute perambulations r...
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...and I'm still 20 miles short of my yearly target..... ..."Papillon" is scheduled to be lifted on Sunday so I have the rest of this week and Saturday for the final push... I know it's not...
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Yee gods, it was good to be back on the boat... First time out since the Bosham trip at the end of July (10 weeks ago!), a huge hole in the middle of the sailing season, but couldn't be he...
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Not mine but gives an idea! With Friday off to go sailing, I was watching the forecast with more than a little interest most of the week.... first time out in five weeks so also more th...
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Saturday was the Boat Show in Southampton - briliant day out with the bro in law mooching around all the stands - I don't think we missed very much - certainly had the sore feet at the end of th...
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...I should have called this post "what goes round comes round"... or even "I'm sure I've seen that castle before"... Rod and I bought his boat Ami-Ly back round from Port Solent to Northn...
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Saturday saw me on the boat to put the mast up... I had a few idea's I wanted to try out as despite the A frame making life IMMEASURABLY simpler, there is still an issue with my style of mast fo...
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...and 24 hours later - leak free - phew!! Rod the Mod gave me a hand - she's easy enough to launch from the trailer, but a bit*h to get back on if we needed to - it needs two people. As ...
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so... first off the hole repair is now complete... From this: To this: To this: Superb job... I got this done through the chandlery in Emsworth Marina - £150 which ...
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Rod the mod (erstwhile skipper of Ami-Ly of Round the Island fame ), gave me a shout yesterday morning. Ami-Ly (a Legend 290) was in Northney having some glass fibre work done, now finished for ...
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...absolutely knackered, but got loads done and to all intents and purpose my stuff is done and she's good to go back in.... ...first - the mast foot is fixed... my thanks to C&B Marine ...
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...or two steps forward and one step back... ...I've sourced someone who can re-build the mast foot and have delivered it to them - he's called and said it will be £40'ish which is chea...
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..so with Pap ashore I could now devote some time to finding the cause of that leak... ..first things first though and a visual check of the whole hull, the good news is that she doesn't appea...
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...just back from a few weeks in the sun, certainly put the British "summer" in contrast - sunny every day, 35+C temperatures (one day we had a 45...!) but these things never last, and all too...
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...dreadful alliteration is a hallmark of this blog so you shouldn't be surprised by the depths plumbed for this title... ...summer has finally arrived in my particular part of the UK, so ...
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An unexpected treat.. a Saturday afternoon trip to the boat.. I only had an hour or so, but as an additional treat it was also quite bright, if not sunny, and it also wasn't raining... a...
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Few lessons learned following the recent trip to Cowes..... both good and bad..... The Netbook plotter was worth it's weight in gold following a few minor changes in set-up. Last time I u...
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SUNDAY 15TH JULY Beautiful still early morning after a good nights sleep - maybe the four pints of IPA the night before had helped.. Anyway, it's just the most beautiful spot first thing...
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...we made it... Two more different trips, though, it's difficult to imagine but starting with Saturday... SATURDAY 14TH: Having tracked the weather all week to make sure the w...
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