We did the same passage last year. Not long out of the Solent our 2 guest crew were suffering badly with Mal de mer, although conditions were ok (a tough passage straight off for them though). So the three of us adopted a short solo watch system, 1 hour on, 2 hours off. A bit gruelling coming back on after 2 hours sleep but only 1 hour at the helm before back in the bunk.
I'm toying with the idea of buying a handline to trail @LadyInBed Did you have much success? What did you catch and with what lures/technique?
Yes, I remember surfing at 13 knots through the dark wondering if this was fun or silly....
I use a paravane and put a Red Gill on it. I caught mainly mackerel and occasionally bass.
He's a racer!
I always use Lulworth if I'm going to put in a stop and it's not blowing from the South. Most of the visitors in Lulworth are day sailing from Weymouth so if you are arriving late, they have all gone home.
Best that I could do in my heavy tub was about 8 knots, but it felt like 18 in the dark, see Summer Cruse 2008 - Voyage Abandoned : Monty Mariner
Perhaps flaming has a Dragonfly too. My best from Lymington is just a minute or 2 under 10 hours, but then, having 3 hulls is cheating. The tides dont work out quite as well with that timing, but 15 knots of northerly more than made up for it
A stunning image.Sometimes it's wise to either go a long long way offshore, or stand next to the wall by the lighthouse....
I think the best place to stand when it looks like that is probably Birmingham.Thank you.
As you've probably guessed, I was stood next to the wall by the lighthouse when I took the pic.
Thank you.
As you've probably guessed, I was stood next to the wall by the lighthouse when I took the pic.
Thanks @Tranona I'll bear that in mind if we need to pause our passage.
Afternoon All, has anyone headed East from the Solent beyond Poole in the last couple of days? We left Gosport on Friday afternoon but ran into seas belying just "F4 to F6". Took large quantities of green water over the bow and got thoroughly soaked. We diverted to Poole for a night entry. Tried to press on this morning but huge seas even outside the overalls off Old Harry. Crew member took ill so we returned to harbour. Anyone 'weathered the storm'? Are we just being wimps?
A lot more space in Worborough than Lulworth but it was very rolly on the one occasion i have been in there. We moved to the western coner which was more sheltered that day.
I trail a paravane and with number 1/0 hooks and bright silver tinsel “feathers” got 4 decent mackerel on this trip but only in light airs. I haven’t found them athletic enough to keep up over about 4.5 knots. I note another poster has pulled in bass, never been that lucky. The dolphins round us at the Bill were obviously doing ok as well, amazing.
No you aren’t. Just come back about a week ago after 5 weeks around Devon and seeing some awfully big seas compared to the wind strength. Fishing charter boats were cancelling and marinas commenting on how beaten up people were looking coming in. I am sure some more meteorological expert people than me can explain it but our trip from Plymouth to Start with a following wind and tide was something I would happily forget. Just to finish, I logged 38 knot gusts tucked up in Clarence marina last Saturday (Gosport)
Indeed. Big pipe over 1m in diameter runs down the valley through the wreck of the Black Hawk in the middle of the bay and out to sea, best avoided. Charted wreck position is way off btw. Pipe used to carry nuclear reactor cooling water out to sea. Buoy on the end called "Atomic".
Well, we didn't make it to the Fal in the end. Although the big seas abated, light wind forecasts suggested sailing back eastward might become an issue. (in the end the winds didn't turn light until later in the week so we could have gone for it). Then had an engine issue outside Portland. Engineer there sorted us out. Had them to sail direct from Portland to the Orwell direct in 63 hours, only 5 on engine. Great Dolphin Escort off Dorset coast, then greeted by Thames barges returning from Pin Mill match on Sunday. Recovering today!
