Summary: Gosport to Lymington. 20.8 miles in three and three quarter hours. A fast run through the hustle and bustle of the Solent with around 25 knots of wind from the SE. After a wander round Priddy’s Yard and the rest of the Royal Clarence Yard, we set off about …
In Gosport we berthed in the Royal Clarence marina. This is a Transeurope marina and is based in a new development in what used to be the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard. The Royal Clarence Victualling Yard was set up in the early 1830s as an expansion of the Weevil Yard. …
Summary: Brighton to Gosport. 49.8 miles in 7 hours and 45 minutes. Motored most of the way with very little wind and very little visibility. Ended up motoring blind through fog for around an hour. We left Brighton around 9.30am aiming for the Looe Channel off Selsey Bill and then …
Summary: Dover to Brighton. 72.2M in 11 hours and 35 minutes. Not an exciting trip. Very little wind and a significant proportion under motor. We set off at 5am, making sure to get out of the Glanville Dock before they close the gates around four and a half hours after …
Summary: Queenborough to Dover. Total 51.8 miles in 6 hours and 40 minutes. Mainly downwind with winds varying between 15 and 34 knots. We left Queenborough just after 4.30am to try and catch the ebb down to North Foreland. Hoisted the main with on reef by Garrison Point and then …
Summary: Limehouse Basin to Queenborough. Left 13:30 and arrived at Queenborough 19:30. 41.3 miles. Wind mostly NW around 4 or 5 occasionally gusting 6. We left Limehouse around 1.30pm after the engineer had fixed the ignition switch. Had a nice run down the Thames and hoisted full sail shortly after …
Sunday May 13th we started the day with a walk out of the Western end of Limehouse Basin and along the Regent’s Canal. Apart from taking your life in your hands avoiding joggers and cyclists, it was a delightful walk. We went past some lovely parks (including Victoria Park in …
Summary: 81.4 miles in eleven and three quarter hours. Pyefleet to Limehouse Basin in London. Over 8 hours of sailing – generally fast though the wind started to die around lunch time, so we motored the rest of the way up the Thames. After a not very peaceful wind over …
Summary: 10.8 miles in 1 hour and 50 minutes. Tollesbury to Pyefleet. A short sail but fast under jib only round into the Colne and Pyefleet Creek. We left Tollesbury on the afternoon tide on Friday (May 11th) and snuck close past the Molliette beacon, round the corner into the …
Went out on the tide from Tollesbury yesterday (May 2nd) for the first sail of the season. I was joined by Jonathan and we met down at the boat around 8am and left on the tide around 9am. Not a huge tide (4.28m) but there was around 7ft over the …