Did anyone go sailing today?

[graham]

I hope so . Make us envious with some pics if you did.

 

[FlyingGoose]

Only in my dreams but I hope those that got to their boats found them all safe and if you sailed I hate you all
One day Scotland one day

 

[graham]

We are Welsh so fingers crossed if it goes well in England we should be underway soon.

 

[atol]

we would have,but by the time falmouth commisioners announced they were lifting the ban we were sitting on the bottom.

 

[pvb]

I went to the boat today. Ran the engine. Checked things over. All was fine. The marina was quiet, with only a handful of cars there.

 

[FlyingGoose]

I went to the boat today. Ran the engine. Checked things over. All was fine. The marina was quiet, with only a handful of cars there.

So no mass of cars and a rush of frantic boat owners pushing each other over to infect the gate and the pontoon, no Dancing on the pontoon avoiding the Rush , no screaming of Keep you distancing, no coughing and sneezing people anywhere , no !!!!
I do not believe it , according to some it was going to be a stampede and the virus would spread all over the place

 

[Hacker]

we would have,but by the time falmouth commisioners announced they were lifting the ban we were sitting on the bottom.

Where are you moored, atol?

 

[pvb]

So no mass of cars and a rush of frantic boat owners pushing each other over to infect the gate and the pontoon, no Dancing on the pontoon avoiding the Rush , no screaming of Keep you distancing, no coughing and sneezing people anywhere , no !!!!
I do not believe it , according to some it was going to be a stampede and the virus would spread all over the place

It was quite tranquil. Even the traffic on the 50 mile trip each way was well behaved.

 

[fredrussell]

I went out on the Orwell. Finished work at 4pm, on the water at 4.30pm! Couple of hours down river and back. Didn’t see another soul, lovely!

 

[LONG_KEELER]

Went down to the marina today. First time since lock down.

Boat cleaner than I thought it would be . Everything OK. It felt a bit weird , but it soon wore
off.

About the only other living thing I met was a duck.

 

[Babylon]

Was it a Mandarin?

 

[Mark-1]

Not really sailing but after work yesterday I went out of the Marina and round the corner to pick up a bouy for tea with my son. The boat's been out of the water for two winters and a summer so last time he was on the boat he was very much a toddler. This time he's a young lad starting school in Sept so he was much more able to join in, try helming for the first time etc. So for me getting out for two hours was like winning the lottery.

Chi marina had 9 boat movements yesterday and I saw three boats out and two dinghies.

Someone else out:


Almost all my photos were nauseating 'proud Dad' photos of a beaming 4yo so here's the red duster:

 

[Seven Spades]

I went to the boat today, but did not go sailing, I was amazed to see how clear the water was in the river Hamble. It has taken on the translucent slightly greyish appearance of a chalk stream. The visibility was around 3-4 feet the difference was quite extraordinary it was not something I was expecting to see.

The boat was all right, lots of slime and oh the topsides

 

[john_morris_uk]

Our boat is still on the hard. Lots of refit not even started and the yard is still closed to all access as I understand things.

 

[nicho]

A few people were at Port Solent yesterday, mainly cleaning off boats, and restocking after winter. I saw one boat depart for a day sail, but no rush to go out at all. The roads were amazingly quiet, and we had a record journey time both ways (130 mile journey). Bertholders toilets were open with signs about distancing and with new hand sanitation machines.

 

[Lightwave395]

Walked the coast path along some of the Western Solent yesterday, couple of mobo's otherwise nothing all afternoon

 

[DJE]

Boat is still on the hard needing cleaning polishing and anti-fouling. Made a start yesterday by scrubbing the deck.

 

[Lucky Duck]

Went down to the marina yesterday afternoon to put the prop blades back on and leave the anti-foul tin for the cradle 'patches' to be painted while the boat is in the slings. It will need a through clean once back in the water.

One couple antifouling and signs of life on few boats in the marina but that was it.

No sign *yet* of the mad rush some on here said would happen and cited as reason for keeping the prohibition on sailing. Real test will be the weekend but I think the headlines will be in the Lake District and the Cornish beaches rather than in lake Solent marinas.

 

[Stemar]

Hardway is now open, though the bar and galley remain shut. I'll be leaving to check the boat shortly, but I won't be sailing unless someone can lend me a big crane.

 

[john_morris_uk]

Hardway is now open, though the bar and galley remain shut. I'll be leaving to check the boat shortly, but I won't be sailing unless someone can lend me a big crane.

Agreed. I had a message about my dinghy store place though so some progress!