Paul Nash

Windy and fresh. First day with crew bringing the boat from Lymington to Hamble. Gybed up the Solent. Rounded up in the led of castle point where we dropped the second reef in. Tacked up to line before bearing away to cowes where we had lunch and made adjustment. Pottered out of cowes via small boat channel and tacked up to windward ( much better!) then bore away parallel to thorn channel and once in Southampton water did a couple of MOB drills. Before bearing away to Hamble. Sailed in then rounded up and dropped main at no.5. Berthed in C10

Sail from Christchurch to Kemp’s with a new boat (to me) crawled out of Christchurch with very little water beneath the keel, motor sailed most of the way although we did manage to sail part way up the western Solent

Helping Flexisail with their Try A Boat at the boat show, very little wind so didn’t cover much ground

Set off from Newtown around 9am to catch the tide back to Gosport, 8-10knts of wind forecast but had much more by the time got to Cowes so put a reef in, good sail back

Set off from Gosport at 16:00 heading for Yarmouth, started to lose the light so ducked into Newtown Creek for the night

Light SW broad reach down to Totland Bay where we anchored for lunch, tacked back up the Solent once the wind filled in, back in Hamble by 18:00

RTIR started with 22-23knts of wind increased to a steady 37knts gusting 42knts at Hurst with wind over tide our skipper Matt called it, turned round and headed back to Hamble with nothing broken and all crew safe and sound