dancrane
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Hmm, Shoreham looks...interesting... Be sure to have the GoPro set up, in case it's breezy in the entrance...
I'm fascinated to know how much extra your buyer paid, to have the yacht delivered. Not a bad idea...
...lots of owners are probably better able to make a long passage in the boat they know and are selling, than an unaccustomed buyer.
Re timing the trip, there’s an eddy along the N shore of the Eastern Solent before the turn of the main tide in your favour. From Soton or even better Osborne as you suggest, use it. It’ll give you good time in hand. After that, I know your boat won’t be the fastest so where wind permits, stay in the strongest current.
Study the tidal atlas atlas to understand how the Easterly tidal flow shifts East along the North of the English Channel as the cycle progresses, giving you far longer favourable flow than just half a tidal cycle.
http://montymariner.co.uk/tide-stream-charts/733-2/
http://montymariner.co.uk/tide-stream-charts/tide-stream-isle-of-white/
SC,
glad to hear your getting the hang of it; it would be very beneficial to you to stick with one boat for a year or two, to have a datum and bother about other nav' and sailing things.
...it is always useful to have a head torch for working as this leaves you with both hands free and the light should remain in the area you are looking at.
It's spiffing having a roomy boat to wander around in, but a smaller boat - ideally a moderate racing dinghy - would teach you a lot more about sailing rather than a yot with tons of space...
Congratulations on completing your first trip out of the Solent.
For night sailing it is always useful to have a head torch for working as this leaves you with both hands free and the light should remain in the area you are looking at. Some also come with a red filter to stop blinding other crew members.
So once you new boat is ready for sea, this trip will make you more confident to sail further afield, there is a big world out there to explore. I wonder how long it will be before you post about doing your first Channel crossing?
It's spiffing having a roomy boat to wander around in, but a smaller boat - ideally a moderate racing dinghy - would teach you a lot more about sailing rather than a yot with tons of space...
we still have the dinghy ;-)