Saturday, 4 August 2018

Tack, tack, tack, tack, tack... err, tack...

Despite the glorious weather I have to confess it's been a poor sailing year so far, looking at my mileage for this time last year I am well down..  reasons??  The aforementioned weather - you don't get day after day of warm sunny weather with not a cloud in the sky with wind unfortunately, so when I've got out we haven't gone far; couple that with a period in hospital (nothing serious), some weekends where the tide has been stupid o'clock, some weekends where it has been blowing old boots (last weekend!) and the sum total is where we find ourselves..  que sera, it is what it is... 

Yesterday was quite possible the hottest day of the summer..  a 'Saharan plume' the weather gonks were saying..  either way I was knackered from too much work, so took the day off to get some (hopefully) sea breeze coolness..

It was a good day despite the fact it was 8 miles of tacking against a foul tide...  no matter, it was so good to get out on the boat, and it was cooler out there than on shore.. a cracking day even if I didn't catch anything and got nowhere.. 

Tides are good on Sunday for an all day'er..  stand by your beds..

Log:



Distance: 8 (cumulative total in the mileage tab at the top)
Wind: SWxS; F3
Sail Plan: Full main usual genoa
Speed: 4.0 max/2.3 avg
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2 comments:

  1. Bursledon Blogger5 August 2018 at 08:19

    Know the feeling, We were going to launch at Northey a few weeks ago for a potter down to East Head, but the tide and lack of wind put us off as we wanted to sail without an engine.

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    1. Steve-the-Wargamer6 August 2018 at 13:44

      Max there are few things in life more soul destroying than seeing the gains from the last up channel tack get wiped out by the cross channel tack you then have to make.. your lucky if you make 20 degrees with the tide at high...! :o)) You made a good decision....

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