The wind blew strongly throughout the night and our plans to push on towards Poole were abandoned as first of all it would mean tacking all the way in a very fresh breeze (of which we have had more than enough) and the forecast is for the wind to go easterly tomorrow morning that would […]

A quiet night on the pontoon and left Marchwood YC mid-morning to catch the ebb tide. Raised full sail at Dockhead and actually managed to sail down Southampton Water in an increasing south westerly breeze. Once at Calshot it was again 20 knots apparent as we tacked down the western Solent. The wind came up

Well we have decided to have another attempt to leave the Solent. The forecast still looks pretty unstable and changes quite often but Sunday was a better day after heavy rain yesterday. We soon had Harvard on the pontoon and Anne took the car home (again) whilst Richard put provisions and clothes away. By the

Well the forecast did not look good with strong winds forecast with too much south in the wind to go across the channel so we decided to head back to our mooring at Marchwood YC and try again to actually leave the Solent when there is a better forecast. Had a fast sail with the

It really blew during the night so we were glad we had fitted the snubbers to the mooring lines. We had not intended to leave today and woke up to find a gale warning for Wight on the Navtex that fitted with the other forecasts we had. The rain was not scheduled to arrive until