Bosham bosanova...

...dreadful alliteration is a hallmark of this blog so you shouldn't be surprised by the depths plumbed for this title...  ...summer has finally arrived in my particular part of the UK, so an afternoon off for some sailing was the order of the day, and Monday was perfect, as with a 15:10 high...

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Saturday afternoon potter...

An unexpected treat.. a Saturday afternoon trip to the boat..  I only had an hour or so, but as an additional treat it was also quite bright, if not sunny, and it also wasn't raining... anyway.. just a pootle followed by a beer and a cigar, oh, and an opportunity to break in the new hat.....

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Cowes Raid - "Lessons Learned"

Few lessons learned following the recent trip to Cowes..... both good and bad.....   The Netbook plotter was worth it's weight in gold following a few minor changes in set-up. Last time I used it, the major issue was the lack of battery time, for this trip I enabled "battery saver" mode...

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Cowes Raid - Sunday 15th July...

Sunday 15th July Beautiful still early morning after a good nights sleep - maybe the four pints of IPA the night before had helped..  Anyway, it's just the most beautiful spot first thing..  very still, very quiet...  I see Steve's still sleeping... We'd talked about what time...

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Cowes Raid - Saturday 14th July...

  ...we made it...    Two more different trips, though, it's difficult to imagine but starting with Saturday... Saturday 14th: Having tracked the weather all week to make sure the weekend was achievable, we finally agreed a "go" on the Friday, expected participation three boats...

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Wet, sun, squall, wet, sun, squall... sun...

I think it safe to say that if it hadn't been for the fact that I hadn't been out on the boat in three weeks I would probably have sat at home and watched Wimbledon and the Formula 1 at Silverstone on Sunday..  as it was I was getting very frustrated with the British summer and decided to go out...

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Cowes "raid"... Part 3.. "Route"

Been playing again....    Following is the result of a lunchtime fumbling my way through OpenCPN and the tidal flow charts in the last post.....   by my estimate I'll get the best tidal flow if I aim directly for the new small boat channel in Cowes [click here] (marked Shrape...

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