Photos by Martin Figg

Minnehaha rounds Portland Bill, bound for Weymouth

Minnehaha rounds Portland Bill under sail, well reefed in

Alias in Portland Marina - fitting out for first voyage to Ireland, May 2017

refuelling on a pontoon, Weymouth Inner Harbour

Off Portland Harbour North Entrance

Fending off boarders

Fending off Poole Pirates!

Jolie Brise moored on Custom House Quay, outside the Royal Dorset Yacht Club

Temenos on board freighter Hollum, en route Livorno to Greaker, Sweden. At sea Between Cap Corse and San Remo.

Yali in Weymouth harbour en route from Plymouth to Southampton

Temenos II beating up the Channel

Temenos II beating up Channel

Cadets aboard Royalist enjoy a leisurely cruise along Dorset's famous Jurassic Coast

Royalist enjoys light airs in Weymouth Bay on a misty May morning

Berthed in Weymouth harbour after a crossing from Guernsey

Tatoosh anchored in Weymouth Bay, site of the 2012 Sailing Olympics

Tatoosh anchored in Weymouth Bay, site of the 2012 Sailing olympics

Mega Express, bound for Corsica passes our small catamaran

Moby Otta passes our small catamaran off Corsica

VILLA crosses the Straits of Messina

ENOTRIA crosses the Straits of Messina

Hanjin Budapest heads North, through the Straits of Messina

Hanse Vision heads for the Baltic.

HMS Daring, a Type 45 Destroyer, deploys a RIB during exercises off Rame Head.

Pont Aven passes the Eddystone, en route from Plymouth to Roscoff

Celia T returns to Brixham after collecting the Pilot from Hanjin Rotterdam, bound for Suez.

Red Spirit heads East off Brixham on a West Country Cruise.

Hanjin Rotterdam drops the Channel Pilot off Brixham, en route for Suez.

Brown Eyed Girl returns to Weymouth after a run to Worbarrow

Avalon berthed in Weymouth for the Spirit of the Sea Festival.

Appropriately named Little Spirit berthed in the Cove, for the Spirit of the Sea Festival.

Shalaine visits Weymouth during the Festival of the Sea

Meerkat returns to harbour after a days fishing

Meerkat returns to harbour after a days fishing

Berthed in Dean and Reddyhoff Marina, after taking the 08:00 bridge

Moonlink enters Weymouth Marina (Inner Harbour) after a voyage from Poole Harbour

Fuelling on Custom House Quay after a rainy day's fishing

On passage from Livorno to Greaker, carrying yacht Mirabaud as deck cargo

Moored outside the Royal Dorset Yacht Club and Harbour Master's Office

Berthed on Commercial Road Quay

Berthed on Commercial Road Quay

Approaches to the commercial harbour and marina.

Fishing boats alongside the Town Quay and Custom House Quay.

The Inner Harbour, with Lifeboat Ernest and Mabel in the background

Barge Princess Matilda (skipper, actor Timothy Spall) passes Custom House Quay while making a T.V. Round Britain series.

Fishing boats moored against the Town Quay, seen from the Town Bridge

The Town Bridge, lifting to permit sailing boats seaward from the inner harbour and marina.

Trinity Road

Looking Seaward from the Town Bridge

Spinnaker Tower by night