A New year, and spring is round the corner, so all hands to the pump. Time is
rushing on, and we are hard at work getting Amelie Rose ready for her launch.
The mast is being made, the ballast keel is going on, the engine in, and the sails are
being made. She is looking good, but there is still a lot to do. She comes out of the shed at the end of March to raise the rig, ready for launching at the end of April. The launch date is the 24th April, as we need a good spring tide to get enough water down river. Once she is clear of the river, we set sail, heading for the open sea to put her through her paces. Amelie will be based in Falmouth during sea trails for the first part of May, then, once all are happy, she is off to start her new life and career in charter. Staying in Cornish waters for the first month, to participate in the Pilot race. Then off East to Poole in Dorset, where she’ll be based.

This will give us two vessels on the south coast, two in Scotland, and three in Cornish waters.

Once Amelie is away, we turn to Agnes, the company vessel. She is having new spars made, a top mast and bowsprit, also a new stay sail, and a good polish and brush up ready for the season. To be ready for the pilot cutter race in June, followed by Looe luggers and the Scilies round island race, all obligatory.

Then we’re off further afield, the Scottish Isles, the Shetlands – see which way the wind blows. Hesper is sailing North as well, so with Ezra and Lizzie May, we should
meet up for a few drams of whisky and stories of the high seas.