During the bubonic plague, infamously known as the ‘Black Death’, in the mid fourteenth century, the disease wiped out an estimated...

The schedule from Beneteau indicated that Missy Bear (MB) was due to leave the factory at Challans on Mon 21 June, arriving at...

We had set ourselves a challenging problem: to transport the entire needs of a two-bedroom floating apartment, into a convertible sports...

And breathe... Another hurdle successfully negotiated. Alix and I had already done an Innova antigen test last night, and we each got a...

Exciting news today; Chris has emailed us some vital statistics, including our hull identification number (HIN) - a long number. Missy...

It's hard to keep up with the situation. We were convinced that the recent announcement, by the French, to effectively ban Brits from...

As of Monday May 31, all the planning we have done has been thrown up in the air by M. Macron. Up until that point, Brits were able to...

This an email I have just written to all potential crew. "Dear all, I apologise for the generic nature of this email, but, if you are...

Chris has confirmed now by email that the Factory date is Week 25 (for factory completion). This is the week June 21st to June 25th....

Chris called us a few days ago to announce yet another delay (2 weeks), due this time to a computer hack at Beneteau (which also hit...

Looks like launch date has been pushed back to early July 2021! That means we will be heading around the south of France in the peak and...

One of the practical implications of Brexit is possible changes to travel within the EU: On January 1, 2021, UK citizens will probably...

I had already spoken to North Sails on the south coast, but Chris also posed the question to his local rep Jim, in Scotland. This is...

Alix and I had a Grand Tour this week. We managed to get to Harlington to see my parents for the first time since lockdown, which was...

We have decided to go electric for our outboard. The petrol 4-stroke outboards can be quite heavy, so we may have needed a davit to get...

Chief Electrical Engineer Titley bought this book on our little detour to Lymington en route from Aubeterre. It's an excellent book from...

We have been having a bit of fun with the logo; a play on Ursa Major and the north star. Lots of symbology to be had, so you can...

We have just signed the contract and schedules and received signed copies from Sunbird! So it is official: we are buying Missy Bear! We...

We emailed Richard at Greek Sails to say that, sadly, we had decided to go with Sunbird, partly because they give us the option of an...