Without doubt the most challenging sale, I have ever skippered. We knew that it would be Punchihewa because of the forecast at 20 to 30kn winds so we took the precaution off going well outside the over, falls at St Albans head, but even having done that, it was a hell of a rollercoaster getting through that stretch of water. Effect of wind against tide was super challenging. We found ourselves surfing down some massive rolling  and breaking waves with the wind behind us!  Thank god for the mainsail preventer… even with the adverse tide, and some faffing at the start, we still managed to averaged 6.5 kn over the passage. We obviously didn’t try to go through the needles with a strong, south-westerly wind took the north Channel instead which was straightforward. Great meal in Gastronomy!

Weymouth to Cowes with +30 Knots against the tide!

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