Our departure from Dover had to be delayed until after the chandlery opened due to an urgent need for a bulb for the port nav light and a fuse for the instrument panel neither of which we had spares for (bad planning that)
With that sorted and the petrol cans refilled at the nearby BP, we got under way at a quarter past nine heading out into a horrible drizzly clag and visibility of less than two miles.
There was a bit of a breeze so once clear of the harbour we set sail and stopped the engine. The conditions were supposed to improve, the wind was supposed to be stronger and from a better direction (up the chuff yet again) no-one of which happened.
Instead, the wind died off Folkestone and the clag closed in to less than a mile vis. We couldn't see Dungeness lighthouse or power station until we were almost on top of them!
Once past Dungeness, a bit of a breeze started to build and we were able to get sailing again. The breeze continued to build and we absolutely screamed past Hastings and Bexhill, the shore just about visible, at around 5 knots close hauled hitting 6.1 knots briefly in a gust
The sun even came out choir a while! We locked into Sovereign Harbour in Eastbourne and berthed just shy of 8pm.
Dinner on board has been shoveled down hungry gullets, we will shortly investigate the possibilities of a pint
No photos today, nothing much to see!
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