'Tarilian' is a Trader 535 Signature. She is a 53.5ft (16.3m) aft cabin/aft deck motor cruiser with a traditional semi-displacement hull.

I bought the boat used in late 2009, and have been refurbishing and updating her in Falmouth for our planned cruising in the Mediterranean in years to come.

Here are a few images from the 2010 season.

Tarilian is being launched after her long storage, in May 2010. Yes, she will do with a good clean and polish....

On a visitor pontoon in Fowey, July 2010

View from the fly-bridge over Fowey harbour

Falmouth. Jane watching yachts racing in the Pendennis Cup as they round the Manacles buoy, August 2010

'Family yacht'. Suits the grandchildren and has got a bathing platform waiting for the right weather

With new covers, preparing to go to sleep in late autumn.

Stored ashore at Falmouth Boat Yard. Preparations for lifting in the course of stern gear work

April 2011. The new season has started. Well, after a few more complications than expected.

On Easter Sunday, April 24th, we set out for our long journey 180deg South.

Entering LA ROCHELLE channel, April 25th, after a cruise of nearly 30 hours. Les Minimes marina to the right:

Emerging from the mists of the bay of Biscay, we approach SANTANDER in the morning of April 27; due to a problem on one of the turbos, limping on '1.5' engines

Tarilian securely berthed in Puerto Deportive Santander, where the necessary engineering services are available.

 In June 2011 we started our journey from Santander to the Med, around the Iberian peninsula.

The first part was along Galicia, with its Rias, then all the way along the Portuguese coast, visiting Porto and Lisbon; to the South and along the Algarve, finally reaching Andalusian Spain and our destination of Gibraltar. 

In August Jane and I went back to the boat and took it along the Costa de Sol and Costa Blanca to the Balearic Islands, with the final destination of Menorca.

End of September 2011 Tarilian was dry stored for the winter in Mahon.

Based on my blog of the time, I put together a cruise report of the journey with photos (pdf, 22MB)

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For small screens, the Log is available in low resolution (pdf, 6MB).