Traveled down to Dover to meet up with Vaughn, Edward, James, Me and Andy to move Vaughn and James's boat along the coast so they can eventually take it over to Jersey.
Whilst in Dover it was a great opportunity to meet up with Chris and Caroline to old friends from university and chew over old times over a beer or two.
A Salty Seadog of the south coast having just rounded Beachy Head in the background.
Our mode of transport a Playvasin Tornado 31, an old girl in not bad nick originally built for use in the Mediterranean. Vaughn and James had bought her in Grimsby and had got her to Dover where they had been stuck for a while due to the weather and other commitments. Sailing her gave me a chance to get used to a 30 footer in English waters ready for when our boat Sundance is back in the water and ready to go.
The Playvasin is built more with the cruising sailor in mind, very spacious below deck with up to 6 adult berths and a child berth being 12 foot in the beam. However, the extra width means not as elegant or quick through the water as Sundance will hopefully be and no spinnaker or cruising shute fittings.
Edward, Vaughn and Andy off Beachy Head.
We ended up making the trip from Dover to Lymington in one hop. leaving Dover at 05:00 Saturday and arriving Lymington 09:00 Sunday. I really enjoyed sailing into the eastern approach of the Solent from Selsey Bill at 02:00 Sunday morning helming her all the way through the Solent and into the marina at Lymington.
Andy and I left at Lymington as the weather forecast was for light northerly winds which meant motor sailing across the channel all the way with just the genoa up at best. 12 hours under motor just did not appeal.
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