New Bellamanda Blog

We are moving away from Blogger.com.

I spent some time thinking how to create a blog where we could remotely post messages from sea and also show our position on a chart for you all to follow us. I would have had to integrate a plotting package with the ability to read position reports sent over the sat phone. I could have had lots of fun doing it but after creating the New York Clipper website I know how hard it was to run it and protect it from hackers while actually trying to sail across oceans. So we are switching to sailblogs.com which offers all we need in one place for a small price.

Our new blog is at: www.bellalmanda.com - just click on the image of Bellamanda to the right ->

New Crew Member

Ken on Bellamanda

Ken(Phil's Dad) on board with us in July sailing to Chichester for an overnight stay.

Betsy

Bellamanda's Sister boat Betsy came to see us in July. Here she is. Eddie and Suzi are bussy getting her ready for the big trip later this year. Have a look at their Blog:

http://www.sailblogs.com/member/bowman/

Mollie and Tim Sailing with us.

Phil, Phil's Mum(Mollie) and Tim sailing in the Solent in July.

More Photos

Three photos of Bellamanda from our Chanel Islands trip.


Sark


Salcombe


Sark

June Holiday Photos

Sorry there has been no posts for so long. We've been busy/lazy - one of these or maybe both.

Here are some photos from our trip across the Chanel: Cowes - Salcombe - Guernsey - Sark - Alderney - Guernsey (to collect the dinghy (ask Phil about that one)) - Cowes.

Needles


Salcombe


Sark