Tuesday 17 June 2014

Safe arrival in Lymington at 1520

We arrived in Lymington at 1520 a few minutes after our tidal calculations, having left Ramsgate at 1800 yesterday evening. 

A cold night, a fantastic dawn, all safe and sound. We were remotely involved in a Mayday from another vessel coordinated by Shoream Coastguard but all is well.  Lots of fast sailing 10 knots at its park but mostly around 8 to 9, through the night, and some motor sailing when the wind slowed. All well and a fantastic but very long day. Off to bed now, departing for Portland marina tomorrow 0700 to catch the tide, via Studland Bay and the Needles. 

2 comments:

  1. Wow! Hadn't expected you to defeat the demons of dreaded Dungeness like that! Well played sir(s).

    Clearly the skipper is becoming quite talented - I now look forward to a very easy time as scurvy crew.

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  2. Great work! Not the easiest of passages from Portsmouth to Lymington at the end of nearly 24 hrs sailing. Those pesky double high waters and lots of traffic.
    Jeff

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