So, the Fastnet 2017 crew assembled for the first time the other weekend and how blessed we were with the weather. Really couldn’t have asked for better. Not only did we have a good breeze on day one to practice tacking up the Solent but we also had perfect conditions for Spinnaker training on the Sunday. All on track for a great campaign, now looking forward to the Cervantes Trophy race at the end of April.
It’s been far too long since I posted anything, but we’ve been ultra busy over the last few weeks. Qualifying for The Fastnet is now all done! The crew have grown in stature of the last few months having covered more than 600 miles in both training weekends and races since April. The task ahead…
Favourable weather led to an impromptu weekend trip to Lymington. Kids packed (including more electronic entertainment devices than an Apple Store) and down to Hamble for a lunch time departure. Not exactly the windiest day, but the tide carried us most of the way. Town Quay was pretty busy but we squeezed in and headed…
With the cockpit work complete and her bottom looking sooooo much better, launch day finally arrived. Friday 25th July 2014 @ 0800hrs, she was put back in the water. Her long awaited maiden voyage was imminent. Just a few jobs to do before and we set sail. Planned destination, Jersey. First, fix the steaming light….
Budding crew for this years Fastnet were treated to the required pool dunking the other weekend, part of the offshore safety training we put everyone through for the campaign. And the intensity didn’t stop there with the first race to Le Harve over the bank holiday. This was the first offshore sailing, yet alone race…
The technology is here, is the capability from the middle of the Solent with 1,600 other boats? We’ll find out this Saturday. We are going to try and stream the start (and possibly the finish) of the JPMorgan Asset Management, Round the Island race. What could possibly go wrong? Apart from mobile signal, weather, the…
…but I guess that’s part of the fun of boat ownership; no time for anything else! Having got to know her much better and clocked up a few hundred miles, the real work can now start. Lots of basic maintenance has been carried out along the journey. A few false starts (really shouldn’t have enter…
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