Bank Holiday fun.

[graham]

Decided on Portishead in the end. Wind on the nose for Watchet on Saturday.

Arrived early enough to sail up under the Bridge to make more of a day of it plus the boys hadnt been that far up before.

Its great now they are old enough to navigate the boat.

According to this chart there should be a bridge to port.

Cant see it yet /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Its behind you.

Admired the new sculpture and gardening at Portishead.

Fresh westerly on the nose on the way back nicely washed the side decks (and the windows once /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif) .

I had to be back today but with a changeable forecast several other boats returned to Cardiff from bristol/Portishead on the same tide.

Sanamiru struggling to pass us on the way up near the East Mid Grounds, /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Got this Picture of Gatsby as she struggled to overtake us near the E and W on the way back. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

The wind is quite fresh here in Barry today(Monday),any small boats out in the Channel will definitely be finding it a bit lumpy I think.

 

[chrishelen]

Very cold and windy in the bay today,great pics as always. just had to drag a woman out of the Roath Basin after she decided she would go for a swim, she was going blue by the time we got her out,not a day for swimming.

 

[Csail]

Glad i didn't go to Padstow, looking out of the window here in Rhoose the see looks a real mess of waves.

 

[Alcyone]

Down West again, diving. Any swell up this end? I could not land Louise and our dive buddy on the Slip at St Justinians, it was so bad on Saturday - had to land them at the end of the lifeboat slip. The lifeboat itself smacked its prop and steering trying to recover in the swell - they had to bring a replacement boat up from Poole overnight. It really wasn't a bad weekend, apart from that swell.

 

[Sneds]

We left Cardiff at 12 noon today, with "Who" following on in his new boat.

18kts SW wind certainly made for an exciting trip back to Bristol, twas a bit scary at times!

 

[Csail]

This weekend seemed more like atlantic swell combined with the usual BC mess.

 

[kds]

Yes - we had 9 boats from Burnham made the beat (or motor sail) down to Watchet on the Saturday and run back on the Sunday. 35 knots off the Gore for a time brought an interesting sea. Only one boat lost a rudder. Pretty cold though !
Ken