The final passage of leg 1 was the sail back over the Chanel and so after a day of rest and getting sorted (like washing clothes, washing the boat, drying the boat!), we head out of Ocean Village Southampton (phot below) and on to Weymouth in Dorset. I am particularly looking forward to this first passage of the second leg as it passes out through the famous Needles at the Western End of the Isle of White and across the Southern Coast past Lymington, Poole and around up by Portland Bill and into Weymouth. We will pass by Lulworth Cove (another set of great childhood memories – visiting the place with brothers and sisters when we camped in Poole (we were visiting my oldest brother and welcoming my eldest nephew Tim into the world). The huge treat at the time was a nightly small bottle (yes a proper glass bottle) of Coke a Cola, Ice Cold – simple pleasures. 

This leg of the voyage will take us around the Southern Coast and over to Devon and Cornwall past some beautiful scenery. What a privilege! 

This Marina turned out to be rather nice with good facilities and a nice Club House where we ate on our first night (too tired to cook for ourselves). We expect the weather to be quite nice for today’s journey – winds could be a little stronger and from a better direction (they will be westerly and we really want North Westerly – but they’ll do) and so we’ll sail and make pretty good time I hope. I am off to finish the passage plan and get us down the Solent, west past the Isle of White and out into the English Channel again. This time we’ll see land the entire way. More from Weymouth!

Pip pip,

N