Shakedown sail and first fish

Look at that little beauty..  juvenile bass, just a teenager but a bit of a fighter..  it went back to see it's brothers and sisters (but if the population of the harbour is anything to go by, to feed the seals probably! 😀)..  first fish on my new rod (the Frankenstein is no more) so doubly welcome..

..but I jump ahead of myself..  it was also another first, as in first sail of the year yesterday, and as is fairly usual, just a short one to make sure everything that should be working is working, stays/rigging is tight enough, sails hoist ok, genoa furls ok, etc etc..

Astonishingly beautiful day, but not a huge amount of wind to counter the quite astonishing amounts of water sloshing around on what must be the biggest tide since we launched..  looked like a couple of knots of adverse water as I headed east, and as you can see the tacks were flat in the main channel - just enough wind not to get swept sideways. Abandoned any hope of getting to Marker without a lot of engine noise so settled for sailing in Sweare Deep before heading back to the mooring - job done, mission accomplished..

Log:

Distance: 4.83 (cumulative total in the mileage tab at the top)
Wind (Speed; Direction): Both ends F2 ; SExE going SW
Sail Plan: Full main and 90% genoa
Speed (Max/average in knots): 5.5 / 2.4