www.smallsailboats.co.uk Bill's Boats Home www.smallsailboats.co.uk Scout Kayak Racing Kayak Hilyard Shyauk Hina Catamaran Small Zeta Pandora Buccaneer Big Zeta Kingfisher Aziz Shipmate Harriott Micro Caleb Phillida           My first day-boat was Phillida, a Torbay Class 2 Racer.  After I renovated her, she was based at Starcross on the Exe estuary.  I used her for short cruises and day sailing.  The most challenging cruise was from Exmouth to Alderney, one of the Channel Islands.  Fortunately the outward passage was done in good weather, except for fog at the time of our arrival.  That resulted in me completely missing the island and ending up at Cap de la Hague! To cut a long story short, I eventually made it back to Alderney where I was storm-bound until returning to Exmouth several days later.