That was The Summer Cruise, that was...

Tuesday 3 September—Home  to Yarmouth.

 

It turned out that the extra wait in Brighton had been very worthwhile, as we had a very enjoyable cruise home. The conditions were near-perfect, with flat seas, no wind, good visibility, a following tide, and no incidents.

A slight course variation needed here

Extracts from the ship’s log:

Engines 984, water 1/2, Fuel full, All checks OK.

 Waypoints: Looe buoys, Horse Sand Fort, Cowes, Home.

A waypoint reached on a tranquil sea

This pot can be seen in most seas

0855 cast off.  Cloudy, dry, slight, F1. 2800 16.3 log 15.5 sog, AOK, ( port engine temp 200F, dropping to 90C)

1000 13nm@255T to Looe. Slight. Bright,

 

 

 

  

1030 5nm@257T to Looe. Diversion for  fishing fleet.

 

 

This one is completely invisible at any sea state 

1100 Smooth. Sun. Crew sunbathing aft. Ideal. 16.4 log 17.5 sog. Great conditions. AOK.

1120 Horse Sand Fort. 2800rpm 16.5=. Sunny. AOK.

1200 +3 kts of fair tide. Egypt Point. Flat. 18.5 sog.

1225 Yarmouth fuel dock. Fuel 197 lt, £156 plus vat.

Osborne House, Isle of Wight

 John & Sue, our “shore crew”, were standing by to welcome us and give a lift to pick up the car, which we did after a lunch and a rest. It is always great to get home, and to sit basking in the Yarmouth Harbour sunshine, being welcomed by familiar faces.

 

We took just the essentials home for the first run, and we enjoyed just being back again in “Westward”.

After a  few cups of tea, and a nap, we went out for dinner at “The Hut”, in Colwell Bay nearby, and we watched very contentedly as a magnificent Sun slowly sank into the Western sea, bringing a fabulous summer adventure to a lovely close.

The Sun goes down on "Summer 2013"