Category: Sailing Log (2016)
Descriptions of Sailing Trips during 2016
14th April: Drifting to Pitts Deep!
With light winds, on this day sail I only managed to get to Pitts Deep (36nm)
27th May: No Man’s Land with Hovercraft!
A day sail in the eastern Solent during which I kept meeting hovercraft (38nm)
13th June: Hurst Point in the rain
A day sail to Hurst hoping to dodge the heaviest rain squalls (49nm)
12th July: Pitts Deep once again
On this day sail (38nm) I got as far as Pitt’s Deep before the increasing flood tide caused me to anchor.
26th July: Newtown Harbour
A two tide trip to Newtown Harbour photographing some of the buoys seen from Calshot Tower en route (38.5nm)
29th July: Hurst Narrows
I was hoping to go to the Needles but with wind against tide at Hurst Narrows it was rough so I anchored at Hurst (47nm)
12th August: Cowes Week: Hurst Again!
Another attempt to get to the Needles but only reached Hurst; meanwhile its Cowes Week! (43nm)
8th Sept: Windy Lepe
A windy day and gear problems led me to anchor off Lepe until a fishing boat appeared! (27nm)
23rd Sept: Calshot and Boat Show
I’d planned to sail to Cowes and then come back via the Boat Show, but lack of wind meant otherwise (21nm)