Robin Figueirado

Left Chichester about 8pm raising main in harbour. With little wind motored to Dover doing watches of 3 hours. Very bright moon on first night. leaving Dover about 4pm wind picked up over night to consistent 20-25kts, came down to reef 2 and furled third of head sail, needed to motor last few hours into port due to wind direction. treated to lunar eclipse as we sailed up the canal.

Round the Island Race 2025. 0830 start and set off from Shepard's Marina in Cowes around 0715 13kts built to 18 gusting 25 by the start and throughout the day. Paul at the helm - good start beating up to the Needles, staying North and mid-channel. I took the helm for the Downwind past the Needles. 2m following sea and wind over tide, but managed to find the more favourable tides. after St Kat's, managed to goosewing and hold a steady run to Bembridge. Hugged the mark with quite a few boats bearing down of us. Handed the helm to skipper Mark who took us through the rain and squalls to the finish at 1652. 4th/32 in class ISC6C and 38th overall for the ISC ratings!

practice day for the crew. 3 brand new crew members. Morgan - sailed dinghies in the past; Sarah - zero sailing experience. Bruna - zero sailing experience. Skipper: Mark.; crew: Ian Munford wind 18-25kts SW decided to stay in the harbour after brief venture out to Solent. drills: Tacking on headsail, and on Main. gybing on main. setting and weighing anchor. safety briefing, talked through MoB drill.

Scraping mud coming into bradwell

Need to pull into Eastbourne due to Antoli JP, Ian and Robin as crew Highest wind speed 27kts