Two and a half hours before HT (12:23 and 4.10m) saw me on Sparrow after a chat with my mooring neighbours Jolly Boy Dave and Simon, covers off, engines started, and I dropped the mooring at about quarter past ten...
What wind there was was westerly so I put the main up by the bridge as is becoming the norm, and then headed off down the ditch after Simon. Motored all the way to just before Sweare Deep where (as usual) the noise of the engine finally got to me and I turned her off, and then I sailed for all of, oooh.. 15 minutes (?) before the wind dropped completely, and I ended up going round and round in circles heading back towards Emsworth Channel..
Didn't have enough fuel for an extended motor to the bottom of the harbour so decided to call it quits.. the forecast is good this week - there'll be other opportunities..
Time to get some fuel..
Log:
Wind (Speed; Direction): F1 gusting F3 ; between W and S
Sail Plan: Full main and genoa
Speed (Max/average in knots): 4.4 / 2.7
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