Monday JUN 13: sailed at 0500 with the young flood tide and a perfect NW 3/4 for a first visit to Littlehampton.

Tuesday JUN 14: sailed on a strong ebb tide and another beautiful wind on the port quarter, home to Chichester Harbour. All in the sunshine!

7 AM start - F4/5 on the nose, wind over tide giving short steep Solent seas - merde!
Resolution - sail only with wind abaft in future.

A very fair Northerly 15 kts saw Emstar passing Cowes at 10.3 knots SOG!
We anchored for the night in sheltered Newtown IOW

After the long run of Easterlies, a beautiful broad reach over Christchurch Bay and home into the Solent.

With the persistent fresh Easterly winds, we took advantage of a light Northeasterly to motorsail for Portland.
Made the Bill inshore passage as the tide turned east, then a gentle sail up to our Portland Hbr anchorage.

Another early start; leaving our Portland anchorage at 0600 to sail the Portland inshore passage in smooth water.
Then on course for Brixham in a beautiful NE F5 wind perfectly on the quarter: we flew down the rhumb line at hull speed!