Joanna Spencer-Smith

Much hilarity aboard as the mainsail (whilst being hoisted) dumped a bathtub load of icy water all over me. I was soaked to the skin and had to get changed before we had even finished getting the sails up! Beautiful day sailing with lots of sun and northerly wind of between 11-18kts. Arrived at sunset. Warming up with a hot chocolate now.

No wind - had to motor all the way. Picked up a buoy - now debating if it is a visitors one or private one… Turns out of all the available bouys to pick, we chose the private one and had to move! £3/m to moor here

SW wind, F4-5 gusting 6, slight sea state, visibility murky! Had to put the lights on! Difficult to see Isle of Wight from the mainland. Had the tide with us so rocked across to Cowes at about 8kts.

Virtually no wind to begin with so we gave the Littlewoods a good briefing and then motored beyond hurst castle. We put the spinnaker up, did a couple of gybes then headed back. The wind picked up to a max of 10knots so the boys all got a go on the helm. Did a bit of tacking whilst waiting for the ferry to get out of our way. Beautiful clear skies as the sun stayed setting.