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Christopher

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Solent

The beginnings of a journey

936

NM

Total Distance

38

Days

Time at Sea

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Christopher

Christopher

5 August 2025 at 08:31

Cowes Week Tuesday

A blustery day on the water - a bit of practice then a tough start and hard work beating up the Solent in 16-24kt gusty winds. A cheery crew then enjoyed the breeze downwind and home. Not a great result in the race, but a fun sail nonetheless.

Cowes Week Tuesday

37

NM

7h 28m

East Cowes to Bursledon, United Kingdom

Christopher

Christopher

1 August 2025 at 10:12

Manual Entry

Croatia Final Day

Left Sesula raft and headed for the blue lagoon. Anchored swam and then moved down a bay for lunch with Sea Fizz. Left and out the sails - picked up a bit of wind in the later afternoon and had a lovely sail on the auto pilot experimenting with the sail trim. Motored home just in time and won the parking prize!

Croatia Final Day

19.7

NM

6h 48m

Maslinica to Marina, Croatia

Christopher

Christopher

31 July 2025 at 11:04

Croatia Day 5

Left mid morning - a lovely sail across to look at the submarine tunnel. Anchored with line ashore for the first time. Then headed for the rendezvous sailing at first but ran out of time so bombed it on the motor into the wind. Slap all the way!

Croatia Day 5

27.7

NM

6h 49m

Stari Grad to Maslinica, Croatia

Christopher

Christopher

30 July 2025 at 10:34

Day 3 Croatia

A lovely day sailing across to Stalingrad, docking in a strong cross wind was pretty stressful but we made it. Good to have a good sail after a day stuck in the Marina the day before due to the Bura.

Day 3 Croatia

16.9

NM

3h 48m

Milna to Stari Grad, Croatia

Christopher

Christopher

28 July 2025 at 13:04

Croatia Day 2

Gathering storms meant we high tailed it into port flying the jib but also gunning the motor. We could see lightening behind us and the wind was building.

Croatia Day 2

9.4

NM

37min

Nečujam to Milna, Croatia

Christopher

Christopher

28 July 2025 at 10:28

Croatia Day 2 AM

A motor sail around to a lovely bay where we swam. Anchoring not right first time but we found a spot eventually.

Croatia Day 2 AM

8.7

NM

1h 56m

Maslinica to Nečujam, Croatia

Christopher

Christopher

27 July 2025 at 15:40

Croatia day one PM

A lovely afternoon. We hoist the main only in 12-14kts of wind on the beam and had a beautiful cruises across to Masilinca. First Med mooring since last year in a fairly brisk cross wind and it went fine. A relaxing evening followed.

Croatia day one PM

4.3

NM

1h 21m

Veliki Drvenik to Maslinica, Croatia

Christopher

Christopher

27 July 2025 at 12:17

Croatia Day 1 Morning

A better morning that we expected with reasonable breeze. We motored out of Agana, unfurled the Jib and made 5kts round to the Blue Lagoon. Too busy there so we went to the next bay and anchored for lunch. A lovely start to the week. Sunsail 42.3 - which is a Beneteau 42.1 I think.

Croatia Day 1 Morning

9.6

NM

1h 48m

Marina to Veliki Drvenik, Croatia

Christopher

Christopher

11 July 2025 at 10:00

Manual Entry

Day out to Newtown

A beautiful day. Left on the mid Flood stand and caught a reasonable wind to Thorness where it died so we motored into Newtown Creek and anchored for lunch and a swim. Glorious. Tide against us on return so motor sailed back until Gurnard when the wind got up again. Unfurled the jib for a leisurely sail home. A hot day.

4

Day out to Newtown

22.9

NM

8h 0m

Hamble-le-Rice, United Kingdom

Christopher
Gavin

Christopher & Gavin

7 June 2025 at 07:20

Round the Island Race 2025

An amazing day. A long beat up to the needles in good breeze but overcast, then round the back in a freshening breeze with a bit of sun - kite up for a bit from St Catherine’s - then round the corner and a long fetch home in a strong wind - which culminated in a thunderstorm as we approached the finish and the wind died! Took us ages to tack over the line - but we came 8th in our class of 21 and 90th overall out of 835.

5

Round the Island Race 2025

71.1

NM

12h 16m

Bursledon, United Kingdom