Weymouth to Portsmouth
Monday 4th August - I wanted to catch a whole tide through the Solent to get as far as possible. There were many possible marinas on the Solent and I decided to choose on as the tide started to turn against us.
We left Weymouth at 05:00 very quietly so as not to disturb our neighbours. Sunrise with 6kn of wind on the stern, the autopilot was objecting to the swell on the stern again so we moved back to manual tiller.
The tide increased as we entered the Solent and really got moving past the fortification, the water around us seemed to boil.
We had accidentally hit the Solent at Cowes Week, but as the tide was with us, we did not hit the crowds until the entrance to Cowes. I had never seen to many yacht, dinghies, rhibs and ships all together often racing and sometimes pointed at me. I have to admit to having my idiots guide to the rules of the road open on my lap, and managed to evade everything on the way through. Never again.
We decided on Portsmouth, found a very nice berth next to the submarine museum which we were slightly too late to visit. The sun allowed us to get all out bedding on deck to dry out a bit, it was getting a little damp.
We left Weymouth at 05:00 very quietly so as not to disturb our neighbours. Sunrise with 6kn of wind on the stern, the autopilot was objecting to the swell on the stern again so we moved back to manual tiller.
The tide increased as we entered the Solent and really got moving past the fortification, the water around us seemed to boil.
We had accidentally hit the Solent at Cowes Week, but as the tide was with us, we did not hit the crowds until the entrance to Cowes. I had never seen to many yacht, dinghies, rhibs and ships all together often racing and sometimes pointed at me. I have to admit to having my idiots guide to the rules of the road open on my lap, and managed to evade everything on the way through. Never again.
We decided on Portsmouth, found a very nice berth next to the submarine museum which we were slightly too late to visit. The sun allowed us to get all out bedding on deck to dry out a bit, it was getting a little damp.
posted by Jenny Bailey @ 19:26
2 Comments:
At 19 November 2010 at 11:41 ,
bluechipholidays said...
I want also to try yachting around.. This looks interesting.. A good idea for Torquay holidays..
At 18 October 2012 at 10:34 ,
Eugene Yompster said...
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