Piccolino

South Coast one-design SC45,
designed by C. A. Nicholson,

built by Burnes of Bosham in 1958,

                                                          and owned by Gian and Niall

           June 2004: finished 290/1534 (but nowhere near the other SCODs!) in this year's Round-the-Island race

                             Easter 2004: On the hard at Shepard's Wharf in the middle of this year's paint job.

on the hard

Toby has an excellent page of photos of the return leg of last year's trip to Falmouth

Sunset in Yarmouth Roads...

........sailing in the Solent from the cockpit....

.....and the cabin.

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in Lulworth Cove

Arty shot......

....somewhere off Dorset

Gian and 'Boss Man' Jim........

......Niall

Cowes Week racing.......

Sarah, spot the couple, Gian

Finally, here we are in Christchurch Bay.......

....and here's the song which named the boat (well, a military band's version of it).

We're based at Folly Reach, Cowes. Here's the RedJet timetable from Southampton. Here's some stuff about Solent and central south coast harbours, and some more on Salcombe and Dartmouth.

Buy cheap charts here.

Here's the Tightwad Sailor's guide to Solent anchorages.

Oh, and support the RNLI. I certainly do. (Don't ask.)