Every time I walk past this boat on the hard at Cardiff Bay Yacht Club part of me chuckles and part of me silently weeps inside! The perception is that yacht ownership requires limitless funds but in reality you can keep spending under control by budgeting carefully. For years Dave had been looking online at yachts for sale. The time had never been right - work commitments, tight finances, caring responsibilities and various other factors meant it wasn’t possible or practical. It kept him occupied for hours and he didn’t seem to mind me rolling my eyes and dashing his hopes!  He retired in January 2024, received a small inheritance in 2025 and we could see a window opening up where we could be away from the UK for a short time before grand-parenting duties would ramp up. Suddenly the search became more serious.  Trips to see yachts in every corner of the UK - Scotland, North Wales, East Coast and South Coast ensued, thankfully I didn’t have to go to see ALL of them. Dave spen...

It’s almost 8 months to the day since Dave brought Seascape through Cardiff Bay Barrage and moored up in Cardiff Bay Yacht Club, home to over 300 yachts and motorboats. Sadly many yachts never leave their berths for a variety of reasons ~ time, money, change in personal circumstances etc.  Seascape has however left its berth and we’ve sailed around inside Cardiff Bay with family and friends a number of times over the past few months. The beauty of staying within the Bay is you’re not affected by changing tide heights or tidal currents. Plain sailing on a 500 acre reservoir with few complications! Today we headed back out through the lock and into the Bristol Channel.   Cardiff Bay Barrage  is an impressive piece of engineering, built in the late 90’s at a relatively moderate cost of £120 million. It transformed Cardiff Bay, regenerating the area from Penarth to Mermaid Quay and opened up a 6 mile circular walk called the Cardiff Bay Trail. Cardiff Harbour Author...