The Adventures of Captain Ray Penson
Sailing Yacht Truce
The day started out perfectly, little did we know how difficult it would turn out. I gingerly picked up the anchor from the anchorage behind Bare Island, the chain catching on rocks but eventually coming free and with relief I stowed the anchor and retrieved the buoy and line. I then noticed a boat heading... Continue Reading →
At 04:00 we passed Castlepoint, still motoring without wind. It must be quite unusual not to have wind at Castlepoint. The engine stopped at 09:15. The same problem as before, air in the fuel system. I thought my fix of drilling holes in the filter had fixed the problem, not so, only a very temporary... Continue Reading →
At midnight I started the engine, we had no wind and there seemed no prospect of wind as a thick wet mist had descended on us. Unfortunately, at 02:00 the engine spluttered and then stopped, the silence was deafening. I tracked the problem to air in the fuel system and once it was bled, we... Continue Reading →
All night the wind remained fickle as we slowly headed south towards Portland. By 05:00 the wind started to pick up and an hour later was gusting 25 knots, the top end of the forecast range. As we approached Portland the wind seemed to have increased more and the note in my log estimates it... Continue Reading →
The Adventures of Captain Ray Penson 