Maunie of Ardwall

Sorry, this is a bit of a catch-up updater as we've had a busy and entertaining time since the last post. We had a slightly uncertain, ...

We're cruising again, this time with crew. Great friends Barbara and Steve, veterans of several voyages aboard Maunie, and her predecess...

  We're safely back in our home port after a brilliant couple of weeks aboard. In contrast to the light winds of the first part of the t...

The Isles of Scilly have claimed many ships over the centuries - the most famous disaster was in 1707 when four Royal Navy warships, command...

One of the unexpected benefits of our remote anchorage in Great Porth on Bryher was that there was absolutely no mobile signal to be had, wi...

  Bryher is the most westerly populated island and is beautiful. The extended spell of warm, windless conditions allowed us time to explore ...

The wind has gone round to the east, so we’ve taken advantage of it to move to a very rocky, shallow anchorage called Great Porth on the wes...