Coniston rally, 1-4 July

 

Kizzy and Daisy IV on Wildcat Island

I attended the Coniston Rally which was the usual brilliant fun.  I'd been here once before with Daisy II and really wanted to bring Daisy IV for a repeat trip.  This one had the added bonus of being midweek and, of course, the company of Kizzy!

I made the following video compilation which gives  flavour of the trip.

2nd July, 9.3nm

3rd July, 14.4nm

Ullswater

 

This trip was a part of the Drascombe Association Ullswater rally.  We took the opportunity to travel up earlier which gave us time for more sailing and more walking.

Conditions were very placid and hot for the first four days.  Then, the weather broke on the Sunday and we made a mad dash for the shoreline and that was the sailing done.  

Here’s a video blog of the four sailing days…

The most exciting part of the sail was having crew in the form of Mrs M, first mate, and Kizzy, ship's dog!

The wind didn’t really get going throughout, so we were somewhat limited in terms of the sailing we could manage and it was helpful sometimes to have the outboard to power us back to base when required. - although this only happened twice.

One of the key benefits of a Drascombe rally is that people take pictures of boats; pleasingly, a number were taken of Daisy IV.

Thursday 7th, 4.6nm

Friday 8th, 4.7nm

Saturday 9th, 10.2nm

Sunday 10th, 1.8nm