David Matthews

Set off at 330am. Still dark. Sails up outside Ramsgate in light NW. Built to 20kn off North Foreland. On the nose in Foulgers gat, Black Deep and across middle Sunk, but bore away to sail to Cork Sand Beacon. On the nose and showers back to Harwich

Set off at Sheerness HW +4. Tide all the way apart from last 30mins. If we had sailed a bit quicker to the Swin we would have made it all the way with tide…

Wind on the nose all the way. About 10kn from SE. Woodbridge regatta day today so lots of folk by the river. Usual melee of dinghies at Waldringfield. Moored up on buoy 144 near the quay at Ramsholt

Cracking sail from Bembridge to Yarmouth. Downwind around Ryde Sands then beating all the way up to Yarmouth with a spring tide beneath us. Wind consistently16-22 kts, making speeds over 9 kts otg. Saw the Ryde hovercraft and then a military-looking one. Picked up a mooring outside Yarmouth to avoid the snide carnage and to make an early start, log showing 2.4 kts past the boat, just sitting on the mooring.

Motored out of Chichester Harbour then sailed up to Bembridge, dead upwind but with gusts over 30 kts. 2 reefs in the main, handled it beautifully!