What a fantastic day
Up early (I don't do early!) and hooked up the boat with dew still on the covers.
Down to the Hamble to launch the boat, by this time the sun was out and it was warming up nicely
A bit of faffing around as i'd forgotten to put the riser bungs back in, (did I mention I don't do early )
The river at Mercury looked like a sheet of glass and with predicted wave heights in the Solent of 0.2m it was looking like it was one of those classic winter boating gems
Headed out of the Hamble just as 2 Red Jets were crossing, caught up with the outward bound one and tracked him for a few minutes before turning off down the Solent towards Wootton Creek.
The sea conditions out in the Solent certainly weren't 0.2m, in fact there was some good swells out there to make things interesting
With Calshot at my back I opened the taps a bit and made Wootton Creek in about 10 mins
Paid the man at the yacht club my £5 and wandered up to the Fishbourne Inn for a hot Cappuccino.
A gentle wander back down to the boat (it's a shame there isn't more in wooton?) and to the return journey.
Nothing much to report about the crossing back until we got to calshot where I came across a nice tide set, a group of waves moving steadily towards Southampton.
I mucked around with them for a few minutes, until I got a face full.....lol then shot back to the hamble and recovered the boat before the tide fell off as it was going to go out fast today
Here's some pictures of today along with some raw footage. I'l edit together some video of the whole trip later.
Looks like a great time! You're making all of us jealous on the other side of the pond...
What's your air and sea temps this time of year?
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Looks like a great time! You're making all of us jealous on the other side of the pond...
What's your air and sea temps this time of year?
On the 16th is was about 15*c/59*f air temp
(but it drops off fast when you lose the sun @ about 4pm
Sea temps are about 10*c/50*f this time of year.
Mind you since then the temps have dropped and were expecting snow!
Boats all tucked up now so you guys can stop feeling bad!
Although I do have some video of the run to post later....
Middle of November
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