Brighton

The journey continues. Lucinda and I would like to get the boat to the east coast before Sophie has her baby. It's a race against time. The plan was for an early start this morning. However we arrived at the Hamble last night to find the bilges full of oil. The problem was solved with a small rubber O ring which cost an outrageous £3 plus a £30 taxi fare to the shop. The delayed start meant we had the tide against us the whole way so we had to sail over 64 miles to cover 54. We did intend to go to Eastbourne but were happy to end here after 11 hours on the water. At least the wind was more or less behind us and with a brisk 18 to 20 knot breeze we surfed downwind all the way.