2010 - A Fantastic Year of Sailing Holidays!
Short, exciting sailing holidays on Polly Agatha are a marvellous way of shaking off the winter and economic blues here in the UK. Come and look at all the exhilarating sailing trips we have on offer this year...
Main Events for 2010 include...
April - The St. Georges Day Cup at Yarmouth - Racing the other big South Coast Pilot Cutters!
May - 34th Royal Escape Race - Brighton to Fecamp
June- Yarmouth Old Gaffers - A fantastic family festival!
June - The Pilot Cutter World Championships in St.Mawes
August - The St.Malo Goodwill Raid
Please don't be put off by the word 'racing' - we don't take them very seriously. These are just excuses to have a party afterwards!
All interspersed with many voyages around the Solent, down to the Channel Islands and across to France. Please take a look at our diary and see what you'd like to do!
Polly Agatha is a Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter and is based in the Solent on the Hamble River from where she can explore all the ports and havens of the Solent any time of the year. We also have a luxury crew house in the heart of Cowes for those in the party who prefer shore based sleeping arrangements! |
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We often visit, Chichester Harbour, Bembridge, Southampton, Hamble River, Cowes on the Isle of Wight, The Folly Inn on the Medina River, Newtown Creek, Bucklers Hard, Beaulieu River, Lymington, Yarmouth, Poole and Weymouth as well as doing longer trips down the Channel and over to France, including the Channel Islands and the Isles of Scilly.
Each year we participate in events such as Yarmouth Old Gaffers (YOGAFF), Round the Island Race, Britsh Classic Yacht Club Cowes Regatta, Cowes Week and the Little Britain Challenge Cup.
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 | Pilot Cutters are beautiful, romantic craft renowned for being sturdy, safe and fast ships that can cope with virtually all sea conditions.
Traditional wooden craft like this are now few and far between which makes sailing Polly Agatha such a unique holiday experience. The traditional pippy oak interior is simply stunning and conveys a deep sense of luxury whilst the beautifully varnished deck hatches, skylights and spars make the whole yacht feel like a piece of classic furniture. She has a Gaff rig and is sailed without any winches as it was done over 100 years ago.
Polly Agatha is very traditional but not without modern luxuries like a huge larder fridge, Raymarine instruments, diesel cooker (no gas onboard), a hydrogen fuel cell (no noisy generator onboard!) and a fantastically comfortable main cabin with 9'' sprung mattress with memory foam topper! She even has Champagne flutes carefully stowed in a bespoke drawer under the saloon table!
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 | Our customers range from families and friends (children welcome), Schools, Businesses entertaining their customers, Sailing Clubs as well as sailors wanting to learn how to sail traditional Gaff rigged boats. All experience levels are welcome from beginners to Yachtmasters! Our holidays range from single day sailing experiences, through long weekends to 14 day extended trips or we can design a break to suit your diary and budget.
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