Author Archives: Richard Hewson

On schedule we filled our tanks with water and left the dock at Manoel Island to start our voyage to Sicily on Thursday the 7th July 2022. We are playing a bit of Blog catch up now, but soon the blogs will be sent out closer to the date. Wind forecast was light headwinds soContinue reading “Malta to Sicily 7 July 2022”

Sunday Island arrived in Malta on 11th June 2022 and sails into Mellieha bay to anchor. We enjoyed a few days in Malliieha swimming, scuffing, sailing, snorkeling and enjoying an anchorage. While at anchor I installed our new solar panels of 3 x 175w panels and Victron solar charge controller. Installing new solar panels OurContinue reading “Malta Refit June 2022”

Sunday Island arrived in Palma Mallorca on Monday the 23rd May after cruising the French canals for since October. Apologies but this post is a month overdue. Read on to find out why! Issy and Max enjoyed going back to their own school and being celebrities for the week. We enjoyed some nice anchorages aroundContinue reading “Palma to Malta”

The Hewson family aboard Sunday Island arrived in Marseille on the 19th May 2022 with a full crew including Rich, Emilie, Issy, Max, Rich’s Mum Lyn and auntie Amanda. Amanda departed on arrival in her black limo and the rest of the crew set to work cleaning the boat, doing laundry in the Marina facilities,Continue reading “The Mediterranean! Marseille to Palma Mallorca”

Sunday Island has been cruising down the French Canals for the past Month with the Hewson family onboard. As we pass through the vineyards, old towns, and locks our little ships compliment continues to grow. We are canaling in company with Emilie’s father and a friend on their boat Harfie. Crossing over a water bridgeContinue reading “French Canals to the Mediterranean”

We departed Paray-Le Mondial 9am. We are still climbing up through the locks and today did from lock 23 to 10 finishing at Chavannes . We passed through three lifting bridges into Montceau les Mines where we arrived at 1600. A beautiful example of a canal boat in Paray We tidied up the boat, bookedContinue reading “French Locks 12th May 2022”

The last two days we have been busy experiencing the canals and towns between Clos Du May and Montceau Les Mines. Yesterday we entered the canal du Centre for our last remaining up hill locks before making our final decent. These have been long days with many locks. The locks in canal du Centre areContinue reading “French Canals day 12”

We arrived in Nevers with Harfie in the evening of 6th May. The next day was spent doing maintenance while we waited for my Mum (Nana Lyn) to arrive. I spent the day wiring the B&G cabling for the new Nav system while Emilie did some shopping. Nana Lyn arrived in the evening if theContinue reading “French canals day 10 Mothers Day”

Today we cruised into the famous Sancerre wine district known for some of the finest wines in the world. A quaint little town that no less than 15 years ago was struggling to sell wine for more than €6 a bottle, but now with the help of the people internet and booming global trade sellsContinue reading “French Canals day 7 2022 Sancerre Wine”

Over the past few days we have been cruising the French Canals in company with Emilie’s father onboard Harfie. The seven canals Yesterday we cruised from Sup Sur Loing near Emilie’s grandmothers house in Chavanne along Canal de Briare passing 8 locks going up between 2-5m per lock and stoping at Montorgis for lunch. AfterContinue reading “French Canals 2022 day 6”