Small boat adventuring in all of its glory will be discovered within the pages of The Voyages of Bumble Chugger, writes Julia Jones
The Voyages of Bumble Chugger
Robin and Gillie Whittle
Wop-wops Publishing, £24 (+p&p)
The title Bumble Chugger doesn’t precisely conjure visions of journey but that is an adventurous e-book.
Robin and Gillie Whittle purchased their Cornish Shrimper after they have been each nonetheless working and residing in Surbiton.
First excursions have been small scale – Thames Ditton to Teddington Lock however it was not lengthy earlier than they set off for the primary of many rallies organised by the Shrimper Affiliation.
This was in Chichester harbour in gusty situations. An damage to Gillie’s hand compelled them to withdraw early but they have been undeterred.
Equally Robin stored his nerve after a daunting December sail on his personal in uneven situations at the hours of darkness from Itchenor to Cowes.
The next 12 months he and Gillie, undaunted, returned to the Isle of Wight, entered the Around the Island race with two of their youngsters, then crossed the Channel to Normandy.
From then they seem to not have appeared again.
Each summer season included not simply rallies and native household holidays however excursions to extra distant cruising areas.
That is the great thing about a trailer-sailor.
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You’ll be able to tow the little boat to a handy place to begin – utilizing it as an in a single day caravan on the best way – then launch instantly into the world to be explored.
If obligatory, the boat and its trailer will be taken on a ferry.
On this means Robin and Gillie have been capable of benefit from temporary vacation weeks to sail around the Isle of Mull, visiting Iona, then the next 12 months to affix a Shrimper Week in Brest, crusing to Douarnenez.
When Robin retired in 2002, they set out on a month-long exploration of Sweden.
The Queen’s Golden Jubilee was celebrated, patriotically, within the Hammarbyslussen to the west of Stockholm.
Cynics mutter that cruising in international waters is merely discovering extra unique locations to repair your boat.
There’s little doubt that Robin’s practicality was a key issue within the success of those journeys – not simply fixing issues however enhancing and adapting the initially relatively fundamental techniques on Bumble Chugger.
Gillie’s contribution will be guessed at by her optimistic, appreciative, insightful writing as she tells the tales of their adventures.
If you’ll be sharing a tiny area for a number of weeks, usually with unsure climate, these qualities are as necessary as remembering to carry a spare cotter pin to reattach the prop.
That is an unpretentious however lavishly illustrated, home-produced e-book (with watercolours in addition to images) that ought to encourage different small-scale adventurers.
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