Tuesday 24 July 2012
Twas a Busy weekend for Adina on the Solent. And finally the sun came out and shone down its rays big and bright. Joining us as our very first sailing guest was Paul Botton. We met Paul at good friends Simone and Islas wedding exactly a year ago in Italy. Paul and I have since…
Monday 9 July 2012
Finally, finally the weather gods shined on us. Ok it was cloudy, but there were snippets of lovely sunshine – it is summer remember. 12kts of wind building to 22kts late on. So out we went and the main sail went all the way up for the very first time. We both looked at it…
Saturday 7 July 2012
It’s raining, it’s pouring the old man is snoring… The weeks weather forecast for nice weekend winds took a sharp U-turn on Friday and now we just have rain, rain, rain. No thanks! So we’re on the boat learning more of the mechanics of what happens below deck. List of needed spares being knocked up,…
Friday 22 June 2012
Friday night and we’re back on board. Weather is yet again breezy! Be nice to have some moderate winds to get used to the boat. But hey ho… Goal is to get out tomorrow. Our friends John and Val will be doing their coastal skippers exams this weekend. Fingers crossed. Gin and tonic time
Sunday 17 June 2012
We’ve got our first sailing friends over for dinner! Sadly no-one arrives by boat as the weather is a shocker or as John states you need sturgeon in the marina or risk getting sea sick! Big Vernon arrives a few hours early and is soon roped into helping with boat maintenance. He’s even brave enough…
Saturday 16 June 2012
Maintenance day today as winds are 25-32kts and we need to get the main sail and it’s vertical battens plugged in
Tuesday 5 June 2012
The Queen Victoria, Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth were moored up in Southampton as part of the Queens Jubilee celebration. So having done a little power handling and fed up of the continuing rubbish weather we decided to stick it out and sail up Southampton water to see them. Reefed up we endured gybing Adina for…