Trip

1

8-11 Apr

P Gillman, Carol Giles

Launch J

26.2/2:40

Events

D1: Jason has not done promised guardrails. Buy guardrail wire + fittings. Help him. Varnish toe rails. P.m. out of shed. Cold wet, wet night. No rain cover on. Sleep onboard. D2: guardrail bits ex chandlers. PG and Carol to W Island. To boatyard. Coffee in café. Mast up. Pub lunch + 5 LSP people in ‘Navigator’. P.m. prepare mast and sails. To Mercury B’tyd for liferaft – but not there! ‘Jolly Sailor’ pub supper + P Burton. To PB’s boat at Deacon’s B’tyd. PG, Carol me sleep onboard. 0430 check heads outlet seacock okay! D3: B’fast at Tesco’s Chandlers. Launch. (Try ‘Udder’ cream on propeller). Eng start fails: starter neg wire loose – then eng okay. Hit nearby boat badly as we leave L L . To Mercury B’tyd again, but still no liferaft. Gales forecast!! Off Calshot SWF4 with about 1.5Nm visibility. Carol helms back and forth. Wind gets cold. At Gilkicker wind dies then wet! wet! To hbr buoy for the night. PG services Eberspacher. Wet, windy night. D4: Calm morning; damp everywhere. To C&N for 20L fuel; coffee. Hbr sail; MOB practice. To WI berth. New walk ashore pontoons being fitted. PG goes. Carol takes me to b’tyd for car. Back to boat; sunny J var jobs; closedown; new WI ID cards; home. Pub + W, Ken, Sue.

Trip

2

1-2 May

C Giles

E Solent

20.6/1:32

Events

D1; Gym; H/C; Old Codgers’ lunch. Finish boat port side ‘garden gate’. 1830 New HMS DUNCAN in dockyard. Sunny NEF4. To hbr buoy for supper. Sail off for lovely hbr sail; back to berth for the night. D2: ? leak in water tank. Walk round W Island perimeter track. Sunny. Carol onboard. NEF4. Pay Neptune’s dues.; 2 Forts; hove to off Gilkicker for lunch.L Break tooth off denture plate. Back to berth via Fairway.

Trip

3

17-19 May

D Edwards, Nick Cambrook

REYC Lymington meet

69.7/3:26

Events

D1: + David to boat; Nick to W I. café lunch; brief. ENEF4. Cold but lovely sail 7(+) kn to Lymington. VHF call to YH. Meet other REYC persons in LYH; drinks in cockpit; pub supper. Zilch wind! D2: B’fast; race briefing. Sunny WF2-3! Start 1010 as tide to flood + WF2-3. 1^st circuit by 1130; finish 1300 – but race closed 1240! Heave to for lunch. 2^nd race 1330. Finish 1630 – but race closed 1600! Calm, sunny day – lovely. Berth 2 nights £61. REYC drinks; prizes; supper. D3: David’s ‘Dynamique’ co-owners come; coffee under my rain cover in drizzle. They go off. Nick and me in EF2-3 back home. Tack to Hampstead Ledge. P.m. rain. Back to berth 1615.

Trip

4

6-7 June

Solo

IOWO

63.0/3:47

Events

D1: DDay + 60. Cloudless NF3. Off Gilkicker A’helm + radio; lovely sail; CC in W Solent. 1400 Needles Reef; CC down, 6Kn (+). : off Dunnose; ; : ; back in hbr 2145; to berth and sleep. D2: Rain. Wet all a.m. P m. dry out boat.

Trip

5

23-29 June

Solo; Ch/M/S

Swanage

150.48/12:42

Events

D1:F6/7! Walk D DDay Museum. Evening F5/4; move to hbr buoy for the night. D2: Sail off WF3/4 J . A’helm a lot this week. ; off Ryde Pier; hat overboard and motor sail to retrieve it. Then 1 reef in NWF4/5 : Browndown; N Ryde Middle; tack to, lunch off Newtown R; then 8.3kn in ebb tide tacking to Needles. Turn off Anvil Pt in v. lumpy sea/F5 and anchor in Swanage Bay for the night. D3: 0600 sail off; sunny; off Hengisbury Hd ; for the Needles; tack up and down then motor to R Beaulieu visitors’ buoy for lunch. P.m. NWF4 lovely sail v. tide. Photos of BIG cruise liner; to Hythe YC to look at moorings; to buoy at Elling for the night. D4: Sail off in zilch! CC down to Netley Abbey then SWF3/4 and genoa to Hamble fuel pontoon (20L fuel). Motor then genoa to E Bramble By; O round Bramble Bank back to Calshot ; and O round Bramble Bank again to Osborne Bay to anchor (2115) for the night. D5: 0545 sail off in lovely dawn NF3/4 to Spitbank Ft and to hbr buoy; coffee; to berth. V. hot p.m. CH/M Sophie onboard – rain!!! Motor to Port Solent; inside 1830; onto pontoon for the night - wet. ‘Pizza’ supper. D6: after good crabbing off the boat inflate dinghy. Drizzle. Out through the lock; P off Haslar, lunch; to Fareham Reach; others in the dinghy back to W Island. They go. I go to Hayling Island ‘Quicksiver’ shop for dinghy oars retainers. 1700 off for hbr sail and back to berth. Change eng oil.

Trip

6

11-12 July

C Giles; Barbara Lawden

IOWP

68.6/4:04

Events

D1: Intro to boat. Sunny NEF3. To Bembridge Ledge By; lovely m/sail. Barbara queasy in overalls off Ventnor. Shirt sleeves all day. CC up to Needles. Anchor in wooded bay E of Yarmouth for the night. D2: Sail off to Salt Mead; Beaulieu River entry; Egypt Pt; Calshot (over B. Bank!); SE Brambles; Lee on Solent. Heave to for lunch (Carol insists on a ‘Recycling’ bin) Two lovely sailing days. New curtain clips ex Marine Superstore.

Trip

7

21-26 July

C Giles; P Gillman

Cross Channel

245/17:33

Events

Calm, hot, sunny week. D1: Kit on; coffee; brief. Dead calm outside; motor most of way to: Hurst; out by N Channel; leave SW Shingles 1745; then 5kn with one reef in; in the night thunder, wind all over the place. D2: 1215 straight into St VaastJ . D3: All day at St Vaast – v. hot day. D4: 30L fuel. Off 1200. P.m wing-on-wing, then into Cherbourg. D5: Off 1230. Out via W. entrance. Ebb spring tide, so well N. of Alderney Race. Into Braye Hbr. £15 mooring fee. Supper ‘First & Last’. D6: Bumpy night.12V fridge is ‘dead’. Leave 1045 with fog: radar on. 1500 SW. of St Cats suddenly a whole ship there on stbd beam (blowing foghorn). No radar target (Should have radar ‘guard’ on at 12Nm). Goes behind us! [Turned out to be ‘ATLANTIS’ empty container ship]. Into Solent via Needles as tide to flood! V. fast run in lovely sunset: 4 hrs to W. Island! Home. 245Nm; and no vest on all week!

Trip

8

12 Aug

Solo

E Solent

9.8/1:0

Events

NWF3-4. Shirt sleeves. J . E Solent sail. Top up engine oil.

Trip

9

22-23 Aug

P Gillman

Bucklers’ Hard

53.1/5:49

Events

D1: E/SF3-4 ; off W Creek. Goosewing up So’ton Water.: ; off Netley.; off Ocean Village; tack down So’ton Water. A lovely day sail. To Beaulieu R; ; Buckler’s Hard; onto visitors’ buoy – no charge for the night stay! D2: Off 0545 → R Medina buoy for b’fast. EF4. To SE Bramble; SE Ryde Middle; Browndown; middle E Solent; Gilkicker; home. Historic flight flew over.

Trip

10

28-29 Aug

T Mackie; Sarah, Max

E Solent

29.9/3:36

Events

D1: With Tim Mackie. Sunny NF2/3.Off Southsea – zilch. To Seaview buoys for lunch; becalmed off 2 Forts. Sail off; back to berth. Tim goes. To C& N for fuel, but closed. Onto hbr buoy for the night. D2: Back to berth. Sarah/ Max come. To C&N for 36L fuel. WF3 outside hbr. (Tugboat doing firegun practice). Turn off Spitbank Fort. Onto hbr buoy for lunch. Up and round mothballed ships; back to berth.

Trip

11

5 Sep

Haydn Leaker

Day sail

32.5/1:32

Events

Off 1030. Turn off Ryde. Heave to for lunch off Browndown. Shirt sleeves day. 2 Forts; Small Boat Gap; back to berth. (Home crisis. Soft water unit leaking onto floor!).

Trip

12

8-10 Sep

Christopher

O’night; bottom clean

32.5/4:03

Events

D1: Calm. Eng oil change. CH breaks off eng key! To Cowes Town Quay (no charge!) 2 new keys; pub drink. NF4. O’night on Beaulieu visitor buoy. D2: Sail off. Lovely. NF3 to buoy inside Calshot for b’fast. Sail off back to W Island. P.m. Ch goes. Clean through outboard with fresh water. To scrubbing grid. Clean off hull. 0200 back to berth. Sleep.

Trip

13

14-15 Oct

Solo

Liferaft return

33/4:56

Events

D1: WF4.; near Ryde; up to F5; to Mercury to return liferaft. Wrong charger for mobile! On pontoon up R Hamble for the night. D2: ; Deacon’s Btyd; G# $ CC# sunny NWF2 lovely. A glorious 1.5kn morning. CC$ off Southsea and eng on for scrap destroyer being towed out of P’mouth. Lovely trip.

Trip

14

30 Oct

P Gillman

Hbr sail

9.3/0:54

Events

Fit new pontoon fenders. A.m. wet. With P Gillman hbr sail with lunch on a hbr buoy. Supper/ sleep onboard.

Trip

15

12 Nov

Solo

Day sail

15.4/1:14

Events

Coffee B Witts. NF3. ; SE Ryde Middle; heave to on Spitbank for lunch; : Southsea pier; tack up Fairway. Supper, sleep onboard on berth. Cold night.

Trip

16

18-20 Nov

Solo

End of season

31.6/4:42

Events

D1: To W Island; cut/test new warps; warps/fenders off. To Universal; bus back – direct to North End roundabout! P.m. WF2-3. ; W Creek; drizzle. !! Hit racing buoy opp Calshot in rain!! On buoy at Elling for the night. D2: Sail off NF4. Lovely but cold. AMAZING - hand warmers are great! Lovely downwind sail to R Hamble. Up to and turn at Deacon’s Btyd. On pontoon; start de-kitting. Evening: Engine on for Eberspacher warmth. To finger pier waiting pontoon for the night – cold. D3: Wash out ‘Limelite’; lift out; jetwash; to Rona Trust shed; mast off; into shed . . . all by 1130! Then it rained. End of season 891.0 Nm/ 93:49 E hrs/ 39 days/ 13 ni hrs.

Trip

1

15/16 Apr

Solo

Launch

15.8/3:35

Events

Launch delayed by one week because P Gillman ha a really bad knee/hip and could not help me. 14^th: Collect liferaft by car. Out of shed. Last hull scrape/fill/epoxy. Sleep onboard. 15^th: Lovely sun. Last hull prime/ antifoul. Mast lifted. Home. 16^th: Sunny still. Wyn/Sarah/Max down to see launch. Audi has an alternator problem. All to Port Solent for supper. Engine starts okay 2015. Turn back at Hamble Spit as nav lights not working (not yet connected!). On Visitors’ Pontoon wire in nav lights. Lovely motor along the moonbeam. 2350 inside P’mouth Hbr. Sleep onboard on berth. 17^th: wire in ‘Wind’ system and other jobs. P.m. bus to boatyard ! car battery/alternator dead. Call out AA – escorted back home! (1 day; 3 ni hrs)

Trip

2

24/25 Apr

Solo

Thu/Fri sail

20.5/2:42

Events

No deck log! D1: Refuel at C&N. Lovely slow day sail O Chi Bar Bn. To hbr buoy to sleep onboard. D2: Wet! Wet inside, outside. Change eng oil; test Eberspacher. Long road delay going home.

Trip

3

1 May

Solo

Hbr sail

10.8/1:31

Events

D1: Long fenders screwed onto pontoon. Out of hbr to pay Davy Jones’ dues; onto hbr buoy for the night. D2: Sail off. NEF4. Hbr sail.

Trip

4

18 May

Wyn, Sarah, Max

Hbr sail

7.7/2:11

Events

New walk ashore brow has been fitted. Max crabbing. Hbr sail – but catch yellow netting round rudder. Clear it J . New HMS BULWARK landing ship in hbr. Onto Fareham reach pontoon; crabbing; lunch; back to berth.

Trip

5

21/22 May

Solo

O IOW

59.1/7:31

Events

D1: No deck log! Iain/ Evaline go; Rep in ref ‘Velux’ window order. P.m. to boat. To Cowes. D2: To Needles; on way to St Cats WOW! Thunder; black, black clouds; lightning; in middle of ‘Sunsail’ fleet also going round. Wind 7 > 24 kn then half an hour later a lovely sail along to Dunnose.

Trip

6

3-10 Jun

PG; P Burton

Sailing week

160/16:28

Events

D1: with PG’s scaffolding frame to Coulsdon. Sleepover D2: +PG and PB to WI. Coffee at Petersfield. Sunny SWF4. To C&N for 16L fuel; tea. Sail off. Tack along coast to Lee-on-Solent: !!! DDay+70 event. Historic flight + Dakotas J . To Cowes town Quay for the night. D3: Drizzly day; up late; wet; shops; coffee. Camera batteries charged in shop: £10. Lunch onboard; pub supper; buy food. D4: Sunny WF4. B’fast; showers. Off 1030 to Southsea – DDAY+70 event !!! Tack off the Fairway – RM landing display. Lunch on buoy off Haslar -!!! The Red Arrows display J . To Small Boat Gap; Chi bar Bn; Itchenor; Onto buoy in Birdham Pool For the night. What a day! D5: D6: (DDay+70). Sail off to Sandhead. Sunny EF3 J . To Gilkicker; N Channel; Thorn channel; to Yarmouth. Pub lunch. P.m. to Poole via Fairway; Yacht Haven (today 55Nm). D7: All day at Poole. Lunch at RNLI. Thai supper. Lovely weather; when we had storm warning on Wednesday! D8: Out via Looe Channel. Slow, lovely sail to Needles; becalmed at Hurst – but 5kn in flood tide. CC up W Solent then engine up to Elling for the night. D9: Sail off. WF3/4. Lovely tacking down So’ton Water to Gilkicker. To Port Solent; onto waiting pontoon for short stay; pub supper. Back on berth 2200. D10: closedown. Take others to train stn; home.

Trip

7

20/21 Jun

Solo

RTIR

59.8/5:51

Events

On hbr buoy overnight. Up 0300 – summer solstice – v. calm morning. RTIR – 1.5 hrs – zilch. Pass fleet at Cowes at 10 min gun. Tack to Needles; SW something! CC up; at St Cats – becalmed with lots of boats. 1545 try CC again: lots of boats retiring. At Dunnose 6kn wind; CC up again; 1815 enough is enough; motor to Bembridge Ledge buoy; NF3 now; back to berth.2130: kitchen ‘Sunfold’ door problem at home: sleep – no go home fast!!

Trip

8

8 Jul

Solo

Day sail

22.9/1:52

Events

D1: To hbr buoy for the night. D2: Sail off – zilch! To small Boat Gap; 2 Forts; drizzzle; heave to under spray hood for rain; to Bembridge buoys; lunch, doze, puzzles, rain. Sail off 1820 NF3/4; turn off CAMBRIAN wreck by; tack for big ships; 2 Forts; N Sturbridge By; back to berth.

Trip

9

24/25 Jul

Solo

Bottom clean

2.5/0:45

Events

D1: a.m. move to scrubbing grid; clear off seaweed – some antifouling has abraded. T/up antifouling. Repair to bow toe rail. 2215 onto hbr buoy for the night. D2: Back to berth.

Trip

10

31/1 Aug

Solo

So’ton Water

51.9/4:52

Events

D1: Sunny WF3/4. P.m. To fuel berth for 23L. Outside SWF4/5 so G(8); ; N of Ryde; : mid Solent; ; N of W. Creek. To Calshot; to buoy opp container port for the night. D2: SF2. Tack to/fro until opp Queens terminal, then wind to 16Kn. Speed to 7(+) kn! N Sturbridge buoy with lovely sailing. : NML Fort SF4;: Gilkicker; : Spit Bank fort. Hbr sailing.

Trip

11

8 Aug

Jan/Phil Sampson

Cowes Fireworks

20.5/3:50

Events

Onto hbr buoy for lunch (they try 6 times!). Motor to Gilkicker then sail in drizzle to Cowes. On buoy 1815. Lots of rain, but WOW! Typhoon jet showing off at ? 500 ft! THEN the ‘Red Arrows’. Cowes Week fireworks 2130 then back to berth (0002). I sleep onboard.

Trip

12

8 Sep

Solo

Day sail

13.0/1:42

Events

SEF3/4.Slow, lovely sail. Heave to off Ryde to change eng oil. To P’mouth Fairway; back to Mary Rose buoy. To berth.

Trip

13

22/23 Sep

Solo

O’night

3.8/1:06

Events

D1: a.m. to Newbury for new car Skoda Superb with W111 NOT registration. P.m. No wind; sunny. Onto hbr buoy for the night. D2: No wind again: home.

Trip

14

14 Nov

Solo

Day sail

25.0/1:34

Events

SWF3. Lovely day. 2 Forts; Nab Tower (top has been cut down); Small Boat Gap F1! Back to berth.

Trip

15

23-25 Nov

Solo

End of season

15.0/1:32

Events

Tues. Cold night; then rain. Change eng oil. Lift out 0830; jetwash; blocked off on hardstanding. End of season: 475.5Nm; 58:02 eng hrs; 23 days; 9 ni hrs.