Left seaview on Friday 30 May - diverted to Southampton to collect new batteries and life raft plus new John boy for the boat before motoring to the Hamble to pick up Angus Prentice. Lucia his wife couldn’t join that night as looking after her dog. After giving Susie and Tom Patridge tea we changed and had a bbq at the royal southern yacht club with other members from the Rtyc on the spring excuse. The food had run out by the time we were served so disappointing.
On Saturday 31st once the fog had cleared we did a navigational exercise with other Rtyc yachts and some international council of yacht clubs - the commodore of the royal southern getting line honours and Peter Bainbridge winning yet again. We did get our nav a little wrong and ended up touching the bramble bank ( was noted by others).
Having united with Lucia in beaulieu river 
The evening was spent at sir Keith and Maureen mills house where they hosted a hog roast.
On the Sunday we faced winds of 34 knots and bumped our way to lymington where we dined at the royal lymington yacht club with other IOcYC members. I sat next to Ron Holbrooke and wife Jan ( he was commodore of the Seattle yacht club) and to my right was Michael Gayner ( Rtyc) a nervous sailor on cruising committee for Rtyc.
Departed lymington at 5.30 am and sailed/ motored to guernsey arriving 8pm at St Peter’s port
Tuesday was wet snd windy. Wednesday we were hosted at Chris and Tory Russell house cold meats and cheese followed by boules. Then sailed to jersey arriving at 20.00.
Thursday laundry at Mike’s house, louise cooked us rack of lamb ( tough). Tea with Diane.


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