This was my first Round the Island Race. Alarms were set at 0400hrs so that we could reach Cowes in time for our start at 0550hrs.
RTIR as seen from Juno
To Deauville over the Spring Bank Holiday.
How to sail to St Vaast without going to St Vaast!
Date/Time: 19:30 on Friday 30th April
Place: Cowes JOG line
Event: JOG race to St Vaast
Yacht: Juno
The weather forecast for Friday and Saturday was for SW force 5-6 but turning northerly force 7-8 for Sunday evening and Monday.
Another charter boat for the Yarmouth fast cruise
After the January fast cruise, which I thoroughly enjoyed, I decided to charter again for the fast cruise to
The fast (?) cruise to Beaulieu
I mentioned that I was going to charter a boat for the Beaulieu fast cruise; my very first charter.
I picked the boat up from Hamble Point on Friday afternoon in the pouring rain and gradually the rest of the crew arrived.
The fast cruise to Beaulieu
The up and coming fast cruise to Beaulieu will be a whole new experience for me. I am chartering a yacht for the very first time.
I started sailing whilst at school in the early '60s and spent the latter years of the '60s, all of the '70s and early '80s racing Merlin Rocket dinghies and Dart catamarans.