Porthcawl on a sunny day
Nash lighthouse
Southerdown beach
Exiting the Nash passage
Atlantic College
Remote cottage by the sea
More views of S Glamorgan coastline
The Balmoral steaming up the channel
Aberthaw Power station cooling water intake structure
View of Abethaw Power Station
More views of Aberthaw Power Station water intake structure
Nervous moments sailing between the beach and intake
Flatholm island and the lighthouse.
The island has a few inhabitants namly the farmer, his stock and the thousands of rabbits.
The island has 3 No WW2 ancient relics in the form of gun bunker / turrets 2 No looking south and 1 No looking west.
There used to be an isolation hospital sited there in the 1940's but has long gone.
Pirates of the Carribean - a pleasure craft operating out of Bristol.
Sails down - all ship shape & Bristol fashion aproaching Avonmouth - have called Avonmouth Radio to request permission to enter the River Avon -Permission granted - requested to report back when approaching Black Rock
Avonmouth breakwater - you do not want to get this entrance wrong on a rising tide of 6 knots or you will end up in Gloucester.
Entering the River Avon at Avonmouth
Navigation up the River avon is by leading transits in daylight and leading lights after dusk - get it wrong on a falling tide and you have major problems.
Aproaching the M5 motorway bridge - hope there is sufficient headroom.
Leaving the Floating harbour at Bristol early morning - a flotilla of vessels steaming down the River Avon.
More views of the River Avon at high water.
The first yacht we bought was Giorgio - a MG Spring 25 - wing keel with twin rudders - 3/4 fractional rig - 10 hp Yanmar GM10 single cylynder diesel engine with fixed 2 blade prop.
Giorgio was classed as a 6 berth with double aft cabin, separate heads - double berth at the bows and single berths each side of saloon table.
Designed by Tony Castro and built by Northshore
