1st March: First time under Bridge
First (rather ignominious!) trip. Using the outboard I headed for Northam Bridge with the main mast down but the mizzen up. I was sure that...
Category: March: “First Trips”
March 2014: After all the bad weather in January and February the fitting out was finished by the start of March. Once the sails were back on her to provide an alternative source of propulsion to the outboard I started to use her. I took things cautiously at first, gradually increasing my range and duration of trip.
8th March: First Sail (~2nm!)
First sail – on the river near my jetty for about 3 hours staying between the bridges. Forgot to tighten the outhaul etc. etc. but...
16th March: To Hythe and met DCA (~6nm)
Raised mast straight after Northam Bridge and sailed under jib and mizzen to off Shamrock; then all sails down the river and across to Hythe....
19th March: to Netley (~10nm)
Started at 1115. Raised mast beyond Northam Bridge and sailed under jib and mizzen raising main off Shamrock; beat down river, turned left at Weston...
29th March: Windy – Weston under Jib & Mizzen (~6nm)
A Saturday, sunny but with an north-easterly wind. Left jetty at 0830 with high tide at 0940 (4.43m) aiming to be back 1245 – 1300....
31st March: with Jon to Netley (~10nm)
First accompanied trip when Jon Tipple and I left the jetty at 1035. With him steering and me raising mast we were nearly at Shamrock...