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Gavin Dobbing

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Chorley, UK

Part time cruising instructor

4,167

NM

Total Distance

137

Days

Time at Sea

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Gavin Dobbing

Gavin Dobbing

Friday at 20:03

sailing instructor Nov 2025

mostly f3-6 s, SW and w. 38 miles through the water. 2 night hours. 4 cc and a sailing break customer

sailing instructor Nov 2025

39.7

NM

1 day 22 hours

Chattenden, United Kingdom

Gavin Dobbing

Gavin Dobbing

7 September 2025 at 10:45

Corfu sailing holiday - September 2025

A very sunny fortnight with lots of sea swimming. Much more motoring than sailing. Wind generally F1 or F2. max F4. Sea generally smooth, occasionally slight. zero night hours

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Corfu sailing holiday - September 2025

242.3

NM

12 days 6 hours

Kontokáli, Greece

Gavin Dobbing

Gavin Dobbing

30 August 2025 at 04:04

mile builder - Chatham to Dover and back

mostly F5-6 SW/SSW sea state smooth or slight in Thames Estuary but often Moderate elsewhere. very short steep waves off the east coast. over 3kts of current against us nearing Dover - well over the tidal atlas predictions... presumably wind induced surface currents. five night hours

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mile builder - Chatham to Dover and back

135.6

NM

1 day 14 hours

Chattenden, United Kingdom

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2 August 2021 at 00:00

3749

NM

119 days

uk east coast, English Channel, Southern Ireland.