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.
On 16 June 2014, Yacht Alexandria left Shotley near Harwich and sailed round Britain, visiting Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Scotland, the Hebrides and Orkneys. The whole trip took 6 weeks, covered 2200 miles, involved 20 crew changes and took on some of the most difficult tidal waters and hostile coastline..and the British weather. A Challenge to be proud of. This is our blog. https://www.justgiving.com/s-p-o/
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Wow! Hadn't expected you to defeat the demons of dreaded Dungeness like that! Well played sir(s).
ReplyDeleteClearly the skipper is becoming quite talented - I now look forward to a very easy time as scurvy crew.
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.
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