Topsail Adventures Ltd

Amelie Rose Eaten by TV Stars! 

Not a headline that you'll see every day eh?! On the final leg of our Hungry Sailors odyssey we were lucky enough to meet up with Annabelle and Rob of the fabulous Confection Perfection.

Our Hungry Sailing chums Dick and James Strawbridge had been filming with them (making some little models of themselves).

This gave the cake-obssessed duo the idea of building an Amelie Rose cake for them to sit on (the models, not the actual Strawbridges).

Shanty the Seadog Swarms Aboard!

Say a big hello to Amelie Rose's newest recruit, Shanty (or Rysalka Ships Shanty to call her by her full name). Shanty is a Portuguese Water Dog, a reknowned breed of sea dogs who were bred to work aboard fishing boats on the Atlantic coast. They're working dogs who earned their keep by retrieving lost nets, carrying messages between boats, catching fish and standing guard whilst the boat was ashore.

They are excellent swimmers and can even dive to depths of 4 - 5m. In their working life they were treated as a full member of the crew, expected to work hard, and paid handsomely with a portion of the catch. Porties, as they're known, are extremely intelligent, happy, friendly, full of energy and love to be with people. They're also strong willed and easily bored if not given tasks to exercise mind and body.

Magical St Mawes – Amelie Rose and the Pilot Cutter Fleet

Squeezed in between two bouts of Hungry Sailors filming Amelie Rose headed to St Mawes to take part in the 5th Annual Pilot Cutter Regatta there. Joined by Philip Swatman and his crew we had to push hard to get down there from Poole in a short gap between strong Westerlies and an incoming blow but after motor-sailing overnight from Weymouth were rewarded with a nice South Wester for the final approach to Fowey where the fleet met up for the traditional Tribute Passage Race. Sailing all the way into the harbour was a real thrill and as it turned out set a precedent that would be followed by boat after boat as the fleet amassed.

New Toys for Amelie Rose

One of the downsides of filming is that it's all very stop-start; long periods with nothing to do followed by frantic activity to get the shots that are required.

With two crew aboard for the shoot that's a lot of hours to fill and we've not been idle.

In amoungst the day to day maintenance we've been working hard on some upgrades and time savers.