2002 Summer, sailing our Hirondelle Mk1 with family of 5 Chichester to Falmouth

We have just rediscovered this nearly 20 year old video of sailing our Hirondelle Mk1 along the UK south coast with our 3 young boys. We started in Chichester and ended up in the River Fowey via Falmouth.
Included a couple of overnight passages (Swanage to Dartmouth and Dartmouth to Falmouth).
We had spent the previous summer repairing and refitting the boat (which was about the same age as us) while camping at the boatyard (Thorney Island Marina).

Now we are refitting a 44 year old Rival 38 for a Sustainable Sailing retirement in a few years. Two years ago, when we bought Vida she was in a very tired and damp condition with all original equipment and fittings (much of it not working). We have removed all the gas, diesel and paraffin equipment, and are installing all electric (motor, cooking etc).

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