Angus Beaumont

Newlyn Harbour

We had a blast in Newlyn, which became our temporary home for 4 weeks. We made the very most of the lifting of COVID restrictions by catching up with family and friends who we’ve not seen over the past 18 months. We also cracked on with the last of the essential boat jobs which includedContinue reading “Newlyn Harbour”

Shakedown to Cornwall

By early July, the critical boat jobs were complete, we had flogged or recycled all of our furniture, let out our house, said goodbye to school and work friends and moved aboard Mowzer full-time. Our shakedown cruise took in the Isle of Wight, Weymouth, Dartmouth, Salcombe and the Helford River. After a lumpy passage aroundContinue reading “Shakedown to Cornwall”

Finding Mowzer

It is not easy finding a boat that is both suitable for living aboard and for crossing oceans; especially when you know very little about them. At first there seemed to be a bewildering choice and then once we’d refined our requirements there were very few, and of those even fewer that were in ourContinue reading “Finding Mowzer”