Yarmouth (IoW) addendum

Lesley admiring classic boats

Fri 23 May:  It is a pleasant evening now, back on the boat in Yarmouth harbour, relaxing after a large stir-fry topped with fresh tuna steak courtesy Waitrose in East Cowes.  We'd hopped on the bus from Newport to go to the Classic Boat Museum, which was brilliant - a slightly chaotic treasure trove of pictures, documents and models of the beautiful racing yachts of yesteryear, plus a variety of ancient dinghies and miscellaneous small boats lovingly restored by the museum volunteers.

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ocean-going China Blue

Nic 35 Coriander at Yarmouth, 
as mentioned in previous blog

Going back to yesterday, in Newtown Creek, there was a very interesting little yacht at anchor - we had to pass very close on our way out due to the lack of water - called China Blue.  A little googling showed this is a famous boat, a folkboat with a junk rig - there's lots of background at this link