Puffin - a 1937 Hillyard sailing yacht

Eventually, 4 months after purchasing Puffin, it was finally time to go sailing! Having the six week school holidays to play with (I’m a teacher) I’d imagined a lazy cruise down to Cornwall, with surfboards and fishing rods, anchored in secluded bays and swimming in crystal clear water. Unfortunately it got windy. Instead, I cruised the Solent, over to Cowes and up the Medina river, down to Lymington, across to Yarmouth, all the usual spots. I didn’t have a mooring for the summer and instead stayed on mooring buoys and pontoons run by councils and harbour authorities, cheap and cheerful.

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