Cameron Jeffrey

Great sail in lovely weather, picked up the easterly tide and made it in under 3 hrs

Lovely sail from home port to Lymington town quay, North westerly winds blowing 10-20 knots and caught the outgoing tide, just Doug and I .

25 knot gusts made for an interesting start, crew rotation was 2 hrs on, 3 hrs off on, 4 hrs into the passage the engine fuel feed blocked and shut down the engine,. Decided to turn back and sail, while investigating the blockage, managed to blow air back up the line and cleared the blockage, got back to home port 10 hrs after departure, the goal was St-Vaast … perhaps next time

Dry, with sunshine for most of the way, 32 knots of wind on the nose for 5 hrs, so a bit tiresome, boat handled really well in swell, cut our destination short from Hythe to Hamble, with Doug, Colin & Paul.

First sail with just Colette and I, boat familiarity and seeing if we could do it, turned out we can 👌 Weather was sunny and windy, so perfect for a couple of hours on the water.

Flat calm So motored all the way until the alternator belt failed, struggling to sail whilst Doug replaced the belt, as absolutely no wind. Got into Big Vathi and started looking for a chandler’s, New belt and a spare were purchased