Drascombe (Devon) Lugger off Wembury Bay, Plymouth Sound, Devon

These were early days with 'Tafelta', a 19' Drascombe (Devon designed) Lugger built by Honnor Marine on a breezy day in April 2014. I'd recently bought Tafelta from Flood Marine, Omagh in NI and had her shipped ‘unseen’ to Heysham Docks via the Isle of Man. The first time I saw her was on one misty March morning at the Ferry Terminal and it proved to be a good buy. She was immaculately presented and arrived with a bottle of Bush Mills Irish whiskey generously stowed aboard to settle the deal.

[@koreanature]

Wow, Hello my friend.. All the best to your channel and hope you have a wonderful day !!!

[@touchdown_travel]

Beautiful!

[@simtalkayak]

looks like you were having a lovely time! do you remember what the wind strength was?

[@evanofelipe]

Hi Thanks for your interest. Yes it was F5 to 6, but as with anywhere in The Sound it can vary wildly. In areas shielded by the headland it can drop significantly and even change direction. I didn’t realise the mic was picking up so much wind noise.

[@simtalkayak]

@@evanofelipe eh, it adds to the vibe of the video I guess. :)

[@evanofelipe]

@@simtalkayak I posted this 8 yrs ago just after I recorded it and because of the wind noise I decided to dub it with music and got several several sarcastic comments critical of the my choice of my choice of Classiical (Wagner’s ride of the Valkyrie) hence I re loaded it au natural