July features one of Swanage Sailing Club’s ‘out of the bay’ races around Old Harry into Knoll Bay. I grabbed the chance to be on safety for this race and it made for some great powerboating.
Powerboating July 2025
Junior Training June 2025
I instruct juniors on Saturdays at my local sailing club from April to July.
These pictures and videos give a sense of what goes on, we have around forty children in four groups, with a volunteer army of instructors, safety boat teams, shore team and organisers.
Redwing Sailing
I got to crew on a Redwing last night in Poole harbour and it was exactly as a friend said it would be, glorious. I sailed in XODs as a kid which are similar and it all came back quickly.
Beautiful boats and a lovely evening. These pics were taken as two boats passed each other
Junior Training May 2025
Junior training started up at the end of April, here are some pictures from Gold group. We have over forty kids out on the water in four groups with instructing, safety and support happening through an army of volunteers.
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In the UK, you can sometimes count truly perfect weather days per year on your hand. This day was one of them. Fish and chips by the sea on a sunny day, perfect.
Old Harry Rocks with a super low tide
I’ve posted a couple photos of Old Harry Rocks (Google Maps, Wikipedia) in the past, usually from quite a distance, and those photos always look a bit like this:
Shameless plug of Simply Pilates, Poole
Check out Simply Pilates in Poole, UK. Kirsten is a very experienced Pilates instructor and offers a range of classes, from small group sessions to one-on-one instruction, all designed to fit your needs and goals.
RS Aero Training Feb 2025
Despite poor wind conditions, it was excellent, we learned a ton and it was glorious to nerd out on sailing for a couple of days.
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Tres Hombres
This sailing ship is the Tres Hombres. She lay at anchor in Swanage Bay in December 2024 sheltering from Storm Darragh. In these pictures, Tres Hombres had just rounded Peveril Point on her way west to Martinique.
View her current location on Vesselfinder.
Klaus Harris 