Ciao Bella is a Hurley 20 bilge keel sailing yacht, she is my second 'proper' boat. having had some great times in a Fantasie 19 called Jelly Bean I decided it was time to increase my sailing range with a boat that could successfully bridge the gap between the huge fun of being able to explore every nook and cranny of a harbour or estuary and proper sea going ability. I hope this will be the case :~)
Sorry Dom, I stole your facebook comment for the post title.
Not the most exciting bit of sailing footage but a huge thanks to Richard from Skitch pics for bringing your drone along. Would be nice if we could control the weather :)
as a regular follower for the past few years I was wondering if everything is well and going good as we have not seen any new posts for a while (last year ) please keep us updated on things
Hi Alan, yes, all is well here. Ciao Bella is having a year off. I have too many other projects to finish, rusty old cars :), so need to concentrate on them during the fine summer weekends. I might even get around to giving Ciao Bella a good make over as well. I have other adventures planned.. A trip to Alderney on a Corribee and the club has just won funding for two Topper Argos so looking forward to honing my dingy skills (Code for keeping dry in a dinghy). Looking forward to getting back out on Ciao Bella in 2018 :)
Oooooooh.... now that's posh!! Verrrrr nice..
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ReplyDeleteas a regular follower for the past few years I was wondering if everything is well and going good as we have not seen any new posts for a while (last year ) please keep us updated on things
Hi Alan, yes, all is well here. Ciao Bella is having a year off. I have too many other projects to finish, rusty old cars :), so need to concentrate on them during the fine summer weekends. I might even get around to giving Ciao Bella a good make over as well. I have other adventures planned.. A trip to Alderney on a Corribee and the club has just won funding for two Topper Argos so looking forward to honing my dingy skills (Code for keeping dry in a dinghy).
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to getting back out on Ciao Bella in 2018 :)