Sojourn to the Solent - Day 5

In the words of the Bosun ...

Not the best day's boating ever today, in fact apart from the fact it didn't really rain there was nothing to recommend it. The wind behaved exactly as forecast, right on the nose, and the sea conditions were very lumpy-bumpy. As a result our speed was less than we'd have liked and it was a tiring, uncomfortable time.

We did make Eastbourne in the end though, and for the second time running were given incorrect berthing information. This time we found another boat in the berth we were given. We found another empty space but it caused a bit of hassle shifting lines to the other side. 

As we didn't feel like cooking we went over to the Harvester in the nearby Waterfront development. In hindsight we should have found the Fish and Chip shop instead. It was OK but that's as far as I'm prepared to go. We didn't stop long.

The likelihood is we'll be going in to Brighton tomorrow unless conditions have improved considerably. We did walk out and have a look this evening and it was a bit better so we'll have to see. The lifeboat went out on a shout while we were out there.

 Glen

In the words of the Skipper ...

That was not a fun day. It was simply a case of job done although I'd hoped to get further.

The sea state was the main problem with a short steep sea that took all of Pagan's get up and go to get through.

We used a lot of diesel today and it was annoying to find we couldn't top up at Sovereign due to technical issues with their fuel berth. We have enough for tomorrow but I'd have liked to set off with a full tank and full cans.

Passage plan to follow ...

Bruce