Anne had a rough night as her left hip was really hurting so we decided to head home. A bit grey and overcast to start with but once outside Cowes harbour we hoisted sail and went quite well until halfway up Southampton Water when the wind fell really light. Put the sails away and followed […]

Another lovely day but there were jobs to do. We were not happy with rig tension as we could see that the leeward aft lower shrouds were very loose when sailing and flopping around. Richard had treated himself to a Loos rigging tension gauge at the end of the last season so he went around

We woke up late and ditched our plan to sail to Chichester harbour as it would have been directly upwind and hard work so bailed out and decided to go downwind to Cowes and up the Medina to the Folly Inn. We were soon out of Portsmouth harbour and broad reached across the eastern Solent

Richard spent the day washing the boat down (it was surprisingly grubby after a few days), checking the engine, topping up the fuel and doing a few trips to Aldi for provisions. The day went quickly and then it was off to the ferry terminal to meet Anne off the train from London. A successful

Left Bembridge at more or less high tide tide to cross over to Portsmouth so that Anne could catch the train to London for babysitting duties on Friday. The wind was pretty much “on the nose” so we motored across and had no problems mooring up in Royal Clarence marina. Anne had booked ahead and