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About us
Choose your dates and sailing areas in discussion with us and enjoy the rare experience of sailing aboard a vessel of timeless traditional quality.
Costs are based on your specific requirements, quoted to suit your itinerary. All prices include skipper, crew, safety equipment, fuel, port dues, food and drink (agreed by prior arrangement), and the use of any equipment aboard. A deposit of 50% becomes payable with any booking, with the balance due no later than 28 days prior to sailing. |
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| The cruising grounds for Josefine are shown on the map. They range from Josefines home port of Watchet in the Bristol Channel towards Lundy Island, North towards Milford Haven, West to Wexford and Waterford in Ireland, south to the Scilly isles and the French coast. |
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What is provided, and
What to bring
Josefine conforms to the M.C.A. codes of practice
category 2, for up to 60 miles offshore. She
carries all the Safety Equipment as prescribed
by the M.C.A .
This includes;
Life rafts, lifejackets, grab bag, EPIRB,
thermal protective aides, harnesses and lifelines,
fire extinguishers, fire blanket, fire buckets, gas alarm, flares, handheld VHF, lifebuoys, danbuoy, radar reflector, foghorn, torches
and first aid kit. Lifejackets for up to two
children are provided. Safety equipment is
inspected annually by ourselves and biannually
by an M.C.A. approved Surveyor. |
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For day trips, guests should be equipped for cold and inclement weather.
For longer trips, guests will need to bring their own waterproofs, warm clothing sleeping bags and towels.
Food and drink will be provided as arranged
with any charter agreement, and this can be
infinitely variable. Guests may, of course
bring their own refreshments if they wish.
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All
navigational equipment such as charts, tidal
streams, current almanac, pilot guides, steering
compass, hand-bearing compass, binoculars,
log, wind, depth instruments, GPS, VHF, and
barometer are provided for the normal cruising
grounds.
There is an inflatable tender with 8HP outboard, for those extreme barbeques, for exploration, or simply getting ashore. |
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Josefine caters for local sail days, art courses, fishing, diving, sail training, corporate management team building, wedding receptions, red-letter days, hen parties, and anniversaries.
The team can also carry out, with sensitivity, funerals at sea and the scattering of ashes. |
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Charles Atkinson is the present custodian, owner and principal skipper of Josefine. Certified crew are drawn from a range of interested people from all over the UK.
Special thanks are extended to all those involved with Josefine, past, present and future, including:
- Peter N. Davies surveys Ltd, of Wivenhoe,
Colchester. Essex.
- Denis and Peter at Traditional Rigging
of Bristol.
- Graham of Middlebarn Music, Dunmow,
Essex.
- The Georgian house and our other favourites,
the "Esplanade Club" and "The Star" (our
favourite Camra pub), all in Watchet!!
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