1st July: Southampton Water on a Hot Day
A single tide sail on Southampton Water (13nm) on the hottest July day on record!
Category: July: “Felt like Summer”
July 2015: started with the hottest July Day “since records began”. The previous night saw a thunderhead over Southampton and lightning over the Isle of Wight. But there was autumnal weather by the month’s end …and Seatern ended the month damaged!
10th July: To Hengistbury Head and back
A day trip beyond the Solent to close to Hengistbury Head (57nm).
16 to 18 July: Transom ladder and main halyard
When Seatern was delivered the transom ladder was parallel with the transom. This meant that in climbing it you were negotiating an overhang. While I...
23rd July: to Binstead, Isle of Wight
A day sail over to Binstead on the Isle of Wight where I anchored before returning (31 nm)
23rd July: Seatern damaged!
Returning to the jetty on the 23rd July there was a good amount of wind pushing Seatern towards the jetty and I had the outboard...
24th to 31st July: Seatern returns to Gwbert
In order to take Seatern to Swallow Boats for paintwork, I’d arranged for a local boatyard, Kemp’s, to lift Seatern out on the 6th August....