Bob Walker

Night time passage to return to Gillingham before the bad weather arrives. No dramas during the passage motor sailing all the way with a fair bit of wind and tide against us.

Good sail with a F5-6 behind us. Brightling Harbour Authority have been fantastic and local butcher delivered 9 BBQ servings for us. Absolutley brilliant.

Blustery with occasional rain ahowers, otherwise an uneventful but pleasant sail.

Good weather with wind on the bow and so motored moat of the way. Good to see Radio Caroline on the way and now at a beautiful place.

Crewing in Whistler a Westerly Fulmar. Very choppy sea all the way with winds F4-5 from the SE allowing some sailing under reef.

Departed Lymington at 0500. Weather calm with little wind but managed to achieve 8.2kts with the tidal stream. Sangelai now secure in her new home port Chichester Marina.

straightforward passage from Poole to Lymington in good visibility.

Dense fog for the last 4 hrs, less than 40 metres visibility. Electronic Chart and AIS were immensely useful. Called Poole Harbour (VTS) on VHF before entering harbour. No movements reported and received clearance to enter. Near miss with the chain ferry who chose not to wait for us to pass knowing that we couldn't see them but they could see us on AIS.

calm weather and straightforward passage