5th to 8th May: Anchor Strakes, Tiller Extension, Forward Hold
May is starting with unsettled weather. On the 5th May we had a gale on the river. (The unsettled weather was to continue during the...
Category: May: “is this Spring?”
May 2015: I hoped to be sailing but the weather remained unsettled: on the 5th May we had a gale. Then a very minor operation kept me off the water for the wound to heal
12th May: Windy sail to Hurst Point
A day sail to Hurst Point and back (48nm) with winds in the afternoon recorded as force 6, gusting to nearly force 7.
19 – 26 May: Banned from Sailing – Wind Plots + retail therapy!
The National Health Service have been cutting one or two small bits out of me (I was left out in the sun too much when...
26th May – 1st June: Still banned! – poor weather – low tides!
Although the stitches came out on 26th the nurse was not happy that they had only been in place a week, bound the wound with...
End May – 2nd June: The Physics of Apparent Wind
While not being allowed to do physical tasks, I’ve taken the opportunity to rework my discussion of “The Physics of Apparent Wind” which was prompted...