Wednesday, 29 May 2013

Bank Holiday Solent Sailing Trip – 24/05/13 – 27/05/13

Over the May Bank Holiday weekend members of Epsom Rotaract were on the water again. Thanks for a great weekend Simon.

 

As promised an update on the weekend from Simon, the Skipper:
 
The second bank holiday in May saw five Rotoractors (Simon - Skipper, Rachel, Anthony, Ellie and Phil) head for the Hamble River for a sail around the Solent.
Once we'd all gathered at the boat after work on Friday afternoon we departed our mooring on the Hamble River and headed for the Isle of Wight and the River Medina and stayed in East Cowes Marina for the night. Dinner was cooked and eaten aboard.
On departure from Cowes we headed west up the Solent to Hurst Castle where we anchored the boat with a view of the castle and the Needles lighthouse in the distance. After lunch we proceeded into Lymington and spent the night moored up in Lymington Yacht Haven. For dinner we took the rather long walk to Lymington High Street where we had a curry for our evening meal.
 
The following day we left Lymington and motored back towards the east as there was no wind, we lowered the anchor in Osbourne Bay for lunch before proceeding to the Beaulieu River with the promise of a marina berth that never transpired so we ended up on a swinging mooring buoy in the river.
The following day we sailed back to the mooring on the Hamble River where we packed up and all made our way home.
Below is an image generated using data recorded from the weekend.
 
 
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