Sailing Yacht Salty Lass

Crazy Adventures, Fun and Friendship

These are the voyages of Salty Lass, a Bavaria 36 circa 2002, the two skippers Beverley and Gaynor and their assorted crew, including Prudence the channel mascot.

It is not cold enough here and it is a big problem

We were in Carrickfergus after picking up my mail, so now it was time to cast off the lines and head back to Bangor. One issue was all the weed in and around Salty Lass, so we had used our boat hook...

We have to go and fetch some sail mail

Wonder of wonders, it was sunny and dry with a reasonable amount of wind and we had the day off. For Beverley and I this means only one thing. It was time to go sailing. Once out, we had to think...

We had a reckoning! But we are not dead yet!

It was a windy and sunny day, on a day that I was free. A rare occurence, so we decided to go out. Now, that we have restarted the Yacht master course, we decided to do some dead reckoning, mainly...

How big a boat should you buy?

All week, this week we have had guests on board. To say utter chaos has reined for the entirity of their visit, just does not leave room for the three trips to the Accident and Emergency ward, along...

Will she have the nerve to do it

A re-edited version of our early sails We were in Liverpool and it was time to go sailing, so our first task was to hoist the dingy into it's sling on the back of Salty Lass. Next was all the...

Why we built our own marina

We actually built our own marina out of way points, over two years ago, because we wanted to see if we could get into the Marina if the engine failed. Building our own maina So to build our...