Day 0, at Portland Marina for the first night on board.

Early start at 0600 from Portland to catch the tide round St Albans Head although no wind and a 4 hour lunch break anchored off Studland. Then a 15nm sail to Yarmouth with a decent 12 knot wind behind us…

A couple of relaxing days in Yarmouth with 9 other CCSC boats. Saturday was very breezy with lots of action in the marina, a great 2 course lunch in La Cucina for only £9.99, and an excellent evening meal on…

Monday 6 May, 2019 Left at about 11am at the same time as the other CCSC cruisers, although we turned right out of the harbour and with little wind and the tide against us, we motored the 15 miles to…

Tue 7 May Slipped at 0545 to catch the favourable tide east, although the wind didn't pick up until we rounded Selsey Bill. Then a good sail with a moderate south easterly right in to Brighton. Tied up at about…

A horrible wet and windy day, although the sun did appear at lunchtime, so a trip to Brighton in the afternoon was planned which included The Lanes and a game of crazy golf. 

60 miles to Dover so an early(ish) 0700 start. The wind had dropped to virtually nothing so started out motoring towards Beachy Head. At the head, the wind started building, and with a favourable tide we made a good 7-8…

Left Dover Marina at 0700 and following permission from Port Control headed to the East Entrance, where at the Knucle lighthouse sought final permission to exit the Eastern entrance. Nice friendly wave from Port Control as we left. Very patchy…

This was a very long day with an early delay whilst we waited for a tanker to be tugged into Dunkerque, Force 5 winds close to the nose and a foul tide running against us for 7 hours. So we…

After 250 miles, it was time to pause for a day. So a relaxing 24 hours catching up with the laundry, restocking food and beer and some sightseeing.  The highlights included a working windmill, which although the sails were racing…