© Yacht Eleanor
Captains Log
A Blog of just some of the recent trips made . . .
Photos on here are approx 1 year to date. However older trips and additional recent trips are
available on storage drive.
Trip to Osbourne Bay
Against 3.5kts of current off Gurnard bay
Lunch at Osbourne bay
Sailback as the sun sets with the wind
behind us
Issues on the way to the Solent
All going smoothly…until…
Genoa uphall lift snapped
At least we proved the Bosuns Chair works
as expected
TQ to Spitbank
Broken down Aircraft carrier off the
portsmouth coastline
Arrived at spitbank after half motoring / half
saiing and hitting a top speed of 8.2 knots
TQ to Cowes Yacht Haven
A Sunny and surprisingly warm November
afternoon
TQ to Cowes Yacht Haven
Docked at Cowes Yacht Haven
Rushing home at 3:30pm before a early
November sunset!
TQ to Hamble Spit
Full Sails out at 11:00
A Chilly 5 degrees!
Patches of thick Fog near the shore the night
before!
TQ to Hamble Spit
With a Southerly wind sails set to gull
wing for the trip out with IOW in the
background.
Minus two degrees….winter gear out!
TQ to just off Osbourne bay
Greeted by military escots on exit
from Southampton Water!
Weather not looking good for the
return!
. . . Followed by Maintenance day on
Saturday 4th Jan !
After nearly 2 hours up the mast, VHF
antenna replaced and able to transmit
12 NM !
TQ to Osbourne Bay
Powering through swells at 7.2kts
30 degree lean on route to Osbourne
Bay
Thick Fog rolling in for the trip back
Liftout HYS
Forecast: W 5-7, Increasing Gale 8 to Storm 10. Rough to High, Squally. Perfect day for a liftout ! Liftout for Lower Shaft replacement inc bearings as well as usual antifoul Maintenance
Docked safely after 5ft swells entering
Hamble channel
Looking surprisingly good after nearly
a year in the marina
However not looking good
in the saildrive
HYS Service
After a successful full service invluding heat exchanger end caps replacement as well as Exhaust elbow inspection, it was time for a full run in and test. Trip up the itchen, under Itchen bridge for the first time.
Yarmouth
Target was The Needles, but due to a
strong tide and high winds, went in at
Yarmouth
Glimpse of The Needles from afar
Yarmouth Pier !
Harbour taxi to shore !
Brighton
Following the sunrise out at 5am with
an estimated trip duration of 13.5
hours
Weather not looking good for the trip
ahead
Offshore wind farm, just off from
Brighton.
The view at 9NM offshore from Selsey Bill . . .
Safely Moored in our overnight Visitor Berth.
A little wet on route back coming into Solent.
Made it to Brighton ahead of schedule
Near Gurnard Bay
A close pass near Calshot NCI Station
Passed by the Steamship Waverley
Osbourne Bay
Not much wind in the morning, Plus a
hydrofoil boat
Hole in the dinghy on its maiden voyage
Off Gurnard then Osbourne Bay
20 degree angle on a F4-5 post
lunchtime
Clouds rolling in with only a little rain forecast
Gurnard, then past Cowes then a very rough Osbourne Bay
Patches of amazing weather between
the gusts of F5-7
Motoring back to port at night
The Folly
With the tide just right, made it up the
medina to the folly
Eleanor Safely docked on the last remaining pontoon
space
Over 1000 hours now on the VP MD2040 - Still running
smooth
Cowes Yacht Haven
With a High aparent wind speed, we
set off… I think it even peaked at 36kts
Sails tripple furled
Was a bit distracted to get a picture of the 3 meter
waves, so this is in the sheltered waters on route
home.
Cowes Yacht Haven
Treated to an amazing sunset !
Some upcoming maintenance tasks with a sail repair
set for 2024
East Cowes - On a Very windy day
Very small sails
Wind over 20kts, peaking at 36kts
Overnight in East Cowes Marina
On Lookout, exiting East Cowes
First time in Warsash
Newtown Creek
Hamble Mid-Stream - (Paddleboarding)
Evening Sail in Southampton Water
Gusting 30+ kts, with an average of 20.
