Return to A BRADWELL 18

After my depature to a bigger boat things changed in my life so I have decided well last year to sell on JUNO and have a smaller more managble boat. So again I looked at Bradwell 18's and have one named
Y.KNOT a bradwell mk2 so there are a few differences between the mk1 and mk2 .
I will update the site to include pictures and tweek the name slightly so as to include the new boat.

HOLLY is now sold to a new Good Home

I have now sold HOLLY and I hope that her new owner will be as happy with her as I have been over the past few years.
 She will be missed, but I have moved onto pastures new with a new boat called JUNO a Jaguar 22

A BIT LATE

It is well into january and ive not put anything down,
so first is

HAPPY NEW YEAR  welcome to 2011 and hope that it is better than 2010.
The sail i brought off ebay ended up being the wrong one, better luck next time.

The year starts with another refit and more improvments...........
 Im finding uploading pictures to my computer is a problem but will try to within the next few days.

Taking my Lad to ANFIELD for his birthday

Forgot to put this post in first
Last week took my lad to Anfield for a birthday treat so had a great day out
Next time he wants to go to watch a live match, told me that he wants to sit on the KOP end.

End of year and more Things to do

Took HOLLY off the water a so I can look to another refit.  I have ideas that I would like to complete for next year. I guess that you will never finish a project boat as that is part of the fun of ownership.  My main aim this time round is to make HOLLY ready for some sea sailing, so over the next few months I will be looking to purchase a spray hood and putting a push pit with stanchions as I feel on an 18 footer these will be a priority.

I have just bid and won via eBay another set of sails this time off a prelude ( should of called the boat EBAY) due to the amount of items purchased off there including HOLLY herself. If i can keep costs down then i can prove to people that you can own and enjoy a good size trailer sailor without braking the bank.
 As can be seen in the pictures there is a little collection of sailing cruisers including another Bradwell 18 called Little Nuke and a Jaguar 22 plus my caravan.

Trip to TRENT LOCK

Another weekend out and having a motor sail up the river trent.

Made good progress and had a nice evening meal.

Sailing Weekend on the TRENT

With the fantastic weather this weekend took Holly out on the Trent, with the intention to sail her up to Cranfleet lock. This has given me another look at the new cruiser rig and to see how she handles compaired to the previous hybrid rig used last year. I have found  there are more changes to be made and am hopefull that within the next month all problems can be ironed out. Unfortunatly the destination was that little bit to far before the jib sheet broke away but after a repair i sailed back to the sailing club to have a well deserved cup of tea. Another problem the starter cog on the honda outboard broke ( why is it made out of plastic?) so that will be a trip to the local dealer. I have given myself a list of jobs to keep me busy for the nex few weeks.