Sunday, 29 September 2024

Friday, 27 September 2024

A crazy ride...

 ... at this years MIRAVAR Raid in southern France, featuring PAthfinder Astrid and Isfuglen as well as Berny Cat Bricole

























Thursday, 26 September 2024

Some photos from Miravar 2024

Do check the raid's blog for more!

http://miravarvoile.blogspot.com

4 pathfinders sailing together at this year's southern France small boat raid MIRAVAR. Pathfinder Astrid had fun along Europe, Isfuglen and Petite Hirondelle.

Astrid and Petite Hirondelle are built from kits from Newyd Marine.

Astrid and Europe



Astrid
Petite Hirondelle
The fleet
Astrid
Astrid
Astrid
Astrid and Isfuglen battling







Tuesday, 13 February 2024

Newyd marine

 Hello all. At Newyd marine we are preparing the next generation of CNC precision cut kits for Pathfinder and all other John Welsford designed boats!

Check out the video here:

Pathfinder kit

Tuesday, 2 January 2024

more Norway

The day we sailed off the island of Fedje, western Norway. Great memories. Summer 2023

Sunday, 31 December 2023

Summer 2023 part 3 : Norway

 As the summer of 2023 produced record high temperatures in southern Europe, Astrid and Europe kept driving further to the fresher conditions in northern lands. A 24 hour ferry link from Denmark brought us to Bergen in Norway. The program was a week exploration sail cruise frm the island of Askoy to the isalnd of Fedje off the western coast of Norway. Wives and families joined in on this third leg of the adventure, as did One Life a Drascombe Coaster skippered by trusted William.

What ensued was a memorable adventure, sailing in unspoilt and beautiful settings, cartching fish during the day and fgrilling it on open fires at night, great winds and north sea waves, fantistic sailing grounds. The coast being broken up in a myriad of islands, we always had the choice to look for sheltered passages zig-zagging in the sometimes very narrow passages among the islands.

We reached Fedje and its stunning lighthouse after a short crossing from the islands close to the mainland. Sailing was memorable, the boat beahaved fantastically well and had a real taste of the north sea!