Spellbinder left Gosport on 23rd May and headed up the North Sea Continental coast to IJmuiden and Amsterdam. She explored the inland canals in the Netherlands in May and early June, then took part in the beginning of the Hallberg Rassy Owners’ Club rally in Zeebrugge. From there she headed to the RYS rally in Northern Brittany, and then returned to UK for mini refit. She then sailed to Southern Brittany, Charente and Aquitaine, and I plan to cruise the Spanish Rias in September and possibly overwinter in Portugal.