Yacht Seaduction 2022 YS

30th June We woke up to sunshine today which made a change from the bad weather we have been having.  We prepared the boat for sailing and after breakfast and a shower we slipped our lines and left Southampton Quay. …

29th June 2016 Southampton We left the boat at Southampton Quay Marina for a week to go back home. We had a good journey back via London by train and tube and it wasn’t until we stepped off the bus…

17th – 19th June We left Haslar Marina in Gosport at about 10:00 and joined the channel to leave Portsmouth Harbour.  All yachts must leave via the small craft channel.  This was very busy just like the M25. Once out…

16th June Thursday Passage planning for sailing is always difficult.  You need to take into account many factors: wind, tide at departure and arrival, is there enough water when we arrive, etc etc.  I had made my plan to leave…

12 June Sunday We had tied up safely on visitors’ pontoon 11, starboard side to, facing shore. Our intention later, when the wind died down, was to turn the boat round, facing out. Evening time came and we were certain…

12th June 2016 We set our alarms for 6 am and were ready to leave our pontoon for the lock-out at 7 am. All went to plan and we exited the lock. Carole put all the fenders away before we…

11th June We should have had a lie-in this morning, but our body clocks seem all out of sorts and we were wide awake at 7 am, so we got up and had breakfast, tidied up and washed and dressed…

10th June 2016 We had set our alarms for 06:00 so as to leave at 07:00, but stirred before they went off.  We got ourselves organised and were soon out of the lock.  We followed three other yachts out of…

9th June 2016 Our departure from Ramsgate was at a more civilised time today and so we were able to sit and have breakfast at the table before getting ready to leave our berth. As usual for Ramsgate the wind…

8th June 2016 We both woke early, around 3.30 a.m. a good 20 minutes before our phone alarms and after a quick wash and dress and more importantly, a hot cuppa and biscuit, we readied the boat and locked-out into…