It was really quiet up at the Folly, especially for a bank holiday weekend. Whether that was because of the weather forecast or generally less enthusiasm for sailing, who knows. Anyway we decided to press on even though strong west to south westerly winds forecast. In the river off Cowes we put two reefs in […]

Woke up to a bright day but a strong wind and more forecast. We didn’t want to stay another night at Marchwood so we decided to set sail anyway. We headed back up stream just to hoist the mainsail with two reefs and bore away down Southampton Water on a run and a very broad

Well what a difference a couple of weeks make as we have both recovered from our awful covid or flu bug. It was totally horrible. Anne’s hip is also much better so although the weather forecast is not great we decided we would set off on Harvard and see where we can sail to this

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