colhel
Well-Known Member
This Weekend another of my long awaited "To Do's" have been ticked off. PRV had a phone call at 9AM Saturday and was at Poole Harbour by 11.15 to accompany me on "Fortuna" our Leisure23SL to sail off to Weymouth.
A quick report...
Before even leaving Poole Pete noticed the Genoa wasn't quite right, what happened was, I had unfurled before tensioning the halyard (I slacken it off when I moor up) and the swivel had slid down making a bit of a mess of things up top. So sheets taken off, everything untangled, and off we set again. We didn't get past the chain ferry till 12.15, which really was too late, but we plodded on anyway.
We knew there was a Westerly forecast, ie right on the nose when were to round St Albans, so had to chose either inside passage and motorsail or outside passage and sail. With only another 3-4 hours of fair tide, we chose the inside passage, but crikey was that choppy! and it didn't really start to calm down till we got past Lulworth.
Once inside Weymouth Bay, the engine started being strange but we eventually rafted up at about 7-15, by 7-30 we're in the pub ordering rump steak. We then met Fergus and his crew for a game of Bowls before retiring to our bunks.
6.30am found an all night Macdonalds for Brecky, then cast off at about 7.15 for the trip back, again this was probably too lateas we only had about 3 hours of fair tide, but, it would be slack going around St Albans, unfortunately rushing the wrong way past Durleston and a light head wind, so it was back to motoring again.
All in all, for me a very succesful weekend, albeit a bit messy on the sailing, but never the less I felt a sense of acheivement.
Many Thanks to Pete for joining me, and Fergus for his ever encouraging words.
A pic of us rafted up, thats us on the outside with the fart vent open, and approaching St Albans yesterday morning
A quick report...
Before even leaving Poole Pete noticed the Genoa wasn't quite right, what happened was, I had unfurled before tensioning the halyard (I slacken it off when I moor up) and the swivel had slid down making a bit of a mess of things up top. So sheets taken off, everything untangled, and off we set again. We didn't get past the chain ferry till 12.15, which really was too late, but we plodded on anyway.
We knew there was a Westerly forecast, ie right on the nose when were to round St Albans, so had to chose either inside passage and motorsail or outside passage and sail. With only another 3-4 hours of fair tide, we chose the inside passage, but crikey was that choppy! and it didn't really start to calm down till we got past Lulworth.
Once inside Weymouth Bay, the engine started being strange but we eventually rafted up at about 7-15, by 7-30 we're in the pub ordering rump steak. We then met Fergus and his crew for a game of Bowls before retiring to our bunks.
6.30am found an all night Macdonalds for Brecky, then cast off at about 7.15 for the trip back, again this was probably too lateas we only had about 3 hours of fair tide, but, it would be slack going around St Albans, unfortunately rushing the wrong way past Durleston and a light head wind, so it was back to motoring again.
All in all, for me a very succesful weekend, albeit a bit messy on the sailing, but never the less I felt a sense of acheivement.
Many Thanks to Pete for joining me, and Fergus for his ever encouraging words.
A pic of us rafted up, thats us on the outside with the fart vent open, and approaching St Albans yesterday morning
