Wiggo
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Went over to Brighton on Sunday - fantastic run down, with the tide and wind behind us. Arrived in time for the last day of the Brighton Festival, so loads going on and a fantastic fireworks display. Turned out we were just across from Derf, so had a chat Monday morning. Sadly, Derf, you still owe me a bacon butty!
Trip back was interesting: wind was west F5, maybe F6 at times, so we had it on the nose all the way to the Looe Channel, by which time it dropped a bit. We were also punching a hell of a tide: anyone who says mobos aren't affected by tide take note - we logged 44 miles Hythe-Brighton, and 64 miles Brighton-Hythe. One run with the tide, one against.
On the way back, we were down to 17-19 knots on the log, 14 knots SOG and making heavy weather of it. Passed a 30'-ish sportscruiser who was probably down to 14 knots on the log, and spending half his time airborne, so felt a bit better about that. Oh, did I mention the torrential rain, that had bits of sleet in it? Visibility was down to being lucky to see the pulpit at one point, and there was no way I was stopping to switch over to the lower helm.
Then we got to the Looe Channel, and the wind started to drop, the sea got calmer and the rain stopped. And we found a dolphin, just between the channel markers, so the kids were thrilled. From there, it was a fine run back up the Solent, and we entered Hythe in brilliant sunshine.
BTW, if you look in this month's MBY at the article on running on chip fat, we're the flybridge just left of centre on the hammerhead in the piccy with the bag of fish and chips!
Trip back was interesting: wind was west F5, maybe F6 at times, so we had it on the nose all the way to the Looe Channel, by which time it dropped a bit. We were also punching a hell of a tide: anyone who says mobos aren't affected by tide take note - we logged 44 miles Hythe-Brighton, and 64 miles Brighton-Hythe. One run with the tide, one against.
On the way back, we were down to 17-19 knots on the log, 14 knots SOG and making heavy weather of it. Passed a 30'-ish sportscruiser who was probably down to 14 knots on the log, and spending half his time airborne, so felt a bit better about that. Oh, did I mention the torrential rain, that had bits of sleet in it? Visibility was down to being lucky to see the pulpit at one point, and there was no way I was stopping to switch over to the lower helm.
Then we got to the Looe Channel, and the wind started to drop, the sea got calmer and the rain stopped. And we found a dolphin, just between the channel markers, so the kids were thrilled. From there, it was a fine run back up the Solent, and we entered Hythe in brilliant sunshine.
BTW, if you look in this month's MBY at the article on running on chip fat, we're the flybridge just left of centre on the hammerhead in the piccy with the bag of fish and chips!