Blogs from Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 3

Hi all, As most of you know we are raising sponsorship for Macmillan Cancer Support through our participation in the ARC (Trans-atlantic Rally for Cruisers) onboard Libertad in November 2008. I will email you all a sponsorship form asap, so please get friends / family / strangers to sponsor us on this passage and try and raise as much money as possible for the charity. Any questions or queries about the ARC or sponsorship, please do not hesitate to contact me. Regards, Paul. ... read more

Libertad Atlantic and Caribbean Cruises 2008/2009 Contact Paul Huntley if you would like to book a berth or have any questions on: paulhuntley@waitrose.com or Tel 01435830329 Mob 07798873508. If you wish, you could sponsor your passage for the R.N.L.I. or any other personal charity. Sponsor forms can be made available. Leg 1: 20 days Cost £650 Eastbourne to Cherbourg to La Coruna Spain. Departure Sovereign Harbour Eastbourne 20th July 2008 To La Coruna arriving 10th August 2008. Leg 2: 21days Cost £850 La Coruna Spain to Vigo , Porto, Ria Avario, Figueria da Foz,Estoril, Largos , Madeira to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Depart La Coruna 14th August arriving Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 3rd September 2008. Leg 3: 25/30 days (Approx) Cost £ 1465 Trans Atlantic (Joining the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers 2008) Las Palmas ... read more

Paul sails out of Sovereign Harbour in "Libertad" a Halberg Rassey 42'. He works in the Oil and Gas industry as a fast rescue boat instructor and sea safety auditor. First joined the RNLI as a Sea Safety volunteer working with Seacheck. To promote Seacheck he sailed "Libertad" around Britain in 2002 with RNLI crew. Paul is a shore helper at Eastbourne lifeboat station. ... read more

Friday 10 August - Left work early but due to horrendous problems on the road, decided not to leave until later to avoid the large queues. As I was already at Wayne’s, Stella and I watch TV and got pizza ready for us all to have before leaving. Ricky and Ian joined us and we all travelled in two cars arriving about 9.30 pm. Had jelly babies and haribo’s to munch en route. As we ate and drank before we left after going over Dartford Bridge, I needed the loo so stopped at a garage to 'use their facilities'. Getting out I stubbed my toe but thought nothing of it. Only garage which didn't have a loo but went to club house next door where very nice gentleman allowed me to sneak into the loo. Whilst ... read more

On Friday afternoon we were suppost to be leaving for Eastbourne. However the traffic news told us the M25 was closed!!! So we left several hours later and arrived in Eastbourne later than planned. Our first day diving we had to meet earlier than breakfast so missed out. We stocked up on crossants, juice and sandwiches at Asda and headed to the boat. The sea was flat, the sun shined... perfect diving conditions! :) We did 2 dives, the Dutchess and the Brodrick, both wrecks. We saw cuttlefish, lobsters, crabs, lots of fish, anemonies. It was great, the sea was warm and everyone had a great time (appart from Gus who was a bit sick!!). After diving we headed back into the port. Wayne and I headed to Pevensey Castle, making use of our English Heritage ... read more