Welcome Aboard Sailor !

Let me tell you something about myself.

I am 'Tiger Lily', a Swift 18 - that is an 18 foot yacht with a retractable keel, four berths, cooker and loo. This makes it nice and cosy for the crew inside. I can sail at about 4.5 knots, but carry a 4Hp engine called 'Puke' to help when the wind goes light.

Vital Statistics
LOA 18 ft.
LWL 16 ft 4 in.
BEAM 7ft. 11in.
DRAFT 3ft. 6in. (keel down)
DISPLACEMENT 1125 lb.
SAIL AREA 199 sq.ft.
BERTHS 4 (at a squash)
BUILT September 1985
BUILDER SWIFTCRAFT, Southampton

As you can see I also have a pair of wheels, which means that I can get to faraway places pretty quickly. Crossing the channel is no problem inside a P&O ferry and getting to the Mediterranean takes me about 2 or 3 days (sure beats those bigger boats which have to sail via Gibraltar).

Curious to know a few more facts ?

• Maiden Voyage - September 1985
• My main cruising area is the Solent and Southampton Water.

  Checkout The RYA page

• My flag locker now has flags from 8 countries

If you want to know more about trailer sailing, then I hope to have some more notes here shortly. In the meantime, you might like to take a look at some of my holiday log books (txt files written by the Skipper):

• 1986: South Brittany
• 1987: Adriatic Coast, Yugoslavia
• 1988: Costa Brava, Catalonia, Spain
• 1989: Elba, Italy (published in Practical Boat Owner - Cruising Magazine, July 1990, page 13)
• 1990: Friesland, Netherlands (published in Practical Boat Owner, May 1993, page 317)
• 1991: Limfjord, Denmark
• 1992: Le Charante Maritime, France
• 1994: SW Baltic, Denmark
• 1997: Stockholm Archipelago

Fair winds and gentle seas to you wherever you are sailing next.