Spitbank...

Having been slightly disappointed by Sunday's lack of wind I decided to take a day off and go for a long sail this week - having checked the forecasts it looked like yesterday was going to be good, and so it was that yesterday found me on the boat at 8:30 motoring for the mouth of the harbour ... ...

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Sunday afternoon messing about..

...  beautiful afternoon, and a late tide so I snuck out for a swifty...  no wind at all, but absolutely baking hot so I gave up trying to get anywhere, found a spare mooring, got out the new extendible/telescopic fishing  rod,and "wasted" an hour fishing (ie. caught nothing!)...   Brilliant...

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No wind, no grey..

...at last... ...afternoon tide and 25 degrees and sunshine?? Sounds like the recipe for an afternoon off of work to me...  so I did...  a bit of a shame that there wasn't a whole load of wind, but there was enough, bit of a shame it was from a pants direction, but hey, it was warm and...

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More wind, more grey...

On the premise that any sailing is better than no sailing, and any weather without rain is better than weather with rain, I took Thermos in hand and headed out for a perambulate on Sunday... 4 knots and just short of "Marker" - the Chichester'ites will know exactly where I was! The thermos had already...

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Winnie the Pooh and the blustery day... the evidence...

...I have one of the chaps on the PBO forum to thank for the following... he was returning from a weekend cruise to Cowes and spotted me as he turned for home, and he had his camera with him... Love this one...  two reefs in the main and full jib, and we were slipping along nicely Little'un...

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Winnie the Pooh and the blustery day...

...the forecasts showed force 4 but in the event I think we had a little more.... ...finally got out for our first cruise of the season, and not bad for a shakedown...  no breakages, no issues, and so good to be out again... ...littl'est person joined me for this one which is always a pleasure.. ...

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Cowes "raid"...

Jellybean Phil visited me last week and over a beer or two we discussed the possibility of a "raid" on Cowes... Plan.... ~ Phil on Ciao Bella sails Poole to Chichester on the 13th July, stays overnight Northney Marina (Hayling), few beers on Friday evening either in the Ship, or the Royal Oak.. ~...

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People's Boat...

More information here, http://www.theboatproject.com/ but this morning on the way to work I came in via Thornham Marina to see the Peoples Boat in the flesh, and before she starts her journey along the south coast...  glad I did..  she's breathtaking.. Cockpit...  I liked the saw...

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Bank Holiday rain..

I give up....  two days of rain and gusty wind...  sat on the boat damp for an hour today waiting for it to stop raining...  sun has just come out...  4 hours after high tide... ...ah well, work tomorrow to look forward to.....

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