Bursledon Blog

 Who thought roller reefing or more accurately roller furling only started about 100 years ago with Wykham-Martin?  Presumably the wooden sa...

There's always a good crop of classics on the moorings at the Elephant Boatyard. Too often I just pass by, so on a quiet and early Sunda...

From a distance I couldn't figure out the aspect and indeed what this this boat silhouette actually was, a little later despite the very...

Being land locked in the mountains on holiday there wasn't much opportunity for looking at boats but as consolation there were a few int...

 Possibly to attract business from passing scuba divers or submariners?  

Which presumably is the local yacht club at Courseulles who seem to have a couple of nice J80's in the fleet. I really like these boats,...

 Mrs BB and I were not the only ones who've been away over August, Joseph t oget her with t hirty-five Hampshire Explorer Scouts returne...