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....
Category: Sailing Log (2014)
Descriptions of Sailing Trips during 2014
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...
5th April: First Neap Tide Trip (~32nm)
Slept on boat and left in dark at 0434. Calm morning and only boat on the river as I motored down to Woolston jetty and...
15th April: Netley Dome “burn up”!
Left 1020, quite breezy so went into Chessel bay to raise mast and set sail. Was going to put in a reef but decided not...
19th May: Running in Tohatsu – motor to IoW, sail back (~26nm)
Day sail during which I motored to the Isle of Wight to run in my new Tohatsu outboard and sailed back.
3rd June: to Beaulieu River entrance (~32nm)
A day cruise to the mouth of the Beaulieu River – my first longer trip.
9th June: to Beaulieu River and Anchor
A 21nm sail out to the Beaulieu River entrance where I anchored overnight.
10th June: Beaulieu River and back to Southampton
Having anchored overnight, motoring up the Beaulieu River, and then returning to Southampton with strong winds – Jib and mizzen only!