The crew had been looking forward to this year’s Round the Island Race for months and finally we assembled Thursday evening in readiness for training hard on Friday. Most of have sailed together in each race since 2011 and sailing is what brings us together – so it was great to catch up. Continue reading Round the Island Race 2017
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Round the Island Race 2017 Video
We hope you enjoy this video of our 2017 race around the island in our Beneteau Oceanis 37 ‘Avant Garde’. This year the pressure was on to beat ‘Nomad 1’ skippered by Lou Barden – Chief Instructor at Nomad Sailing. In the end it came down to 2 minutes elapsed over a 10 hour race. Continue reading Round the Island Race 2017 Video
Chichester to Hamble
I’d called the lock keeper at Chichester on the VHF the previous evening and he was estimating we might clear the channel outside the marina by 1100. We were listening Continue reading Chichester to Hamble
Tacking through the Cadets in Chichester Harbour
It was either up at 0400 (no thanks) or some time approaching midday as the harbour flooded before we could leave. We were itching to go and the harbour master reckoned it would Continue reading Tacking through the Cadets in Chichester Harbour