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Chichester to Largs
Apr 14 - Apr 18 2019
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Glasgow
Apr 14 2019

House chaos as I pack for the trip while attending to a less than cooperative 5-yearxold.

And with a broken leg!

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Apr 14 2019

This is the boat

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Apr 14 2019

This is the boat

She’s called Solace (zygo 2)

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Apr 14 2019

Very Able Seaman Michael

Preflight checks

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Apr 14 2019

Commodore Andy (Lionel) & FM Mark (Nicola)

Having last supper

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Apr 14 2019

Drinking the night before a passage....

Never a good idea

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Apr 15 2019

Skipper Neil joins the queue.

We’re off

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Apr 15 2019

We’ve hired the best driver I know

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Apr 15 2019

Made it to Chichester

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Apr 15 2019

On the boat

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Apr 15 2019
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Apr 15 2019

Not forgetting Zygo

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Apr 15 2019

Time for some bubbly

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Apr 15 2019

Rally seat fitted

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Apr 16 2019

We’ve slipped our lines

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Apr 16 2019

Bacon butties taste better at sea

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Apr 16 2019

Glorious sailing weather

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Apr 16 2019

The commodore gone full-on immersion suit

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Apr 16 2019

Leaving the Solent

Needles lighthouse

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Apr 16 2019

Mike insists we keep featuring Zygo

Though to be fair Zygo is a better navigator, sailor, parrot, etc.

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Apr 16 2019

We made our first destination, Poole, on time.

We feel so at home

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Apr 17 2019

It looks nice but...

One canny sail withoot the wind. Looks like we’ll have to head for Weymouth instead of Torquay today by motorsail.

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Apr 17 2019

Solace in the mist

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Apr 17 2019

Dolphins in the mist

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Apr 17 2019

Mist in the mist

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Apr 17 2019

Three happy hats

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Apr 17 2019

Goose winged 20 miles offshore

Lyme bay really is quite a long way

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Apr 17 2019

Arrived at Brixham after 12 hours at sea

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Apr 17 2019

Chilli con carne at 10pm

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Apr 18 2019

Sunny morning in Brixham marina

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Apr 18 2019

ZYGO gets the casting vote

We’re off to Plymouth today.

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Apr 18 2019

Taking on enough fuel to make it to the Caribbean

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Apr 18 2019

Leaving Brixham for Plymouth

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Apr 18 2019

The promised strong winds came and we decided to reduce canvas after we surfer down a wave at over 12 knots in a 30 knot gust.

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Apr 18 2019

Too much for the commodore

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Apr 18 2019

Sailing down Plymouth Sound like Drake

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Apr 18 2019

We made it to Plymouth

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Apr 18 2019

The end of the journey for the Commodore

Andy tells the crew Plymouth is the end of the line for him. This disappointment followed shortly after Mark had fallen out of his chair and re-injured his broken leg. Is this the end of the journey for all? Not if Mark can help it, yet only the morning and a possible hospital visit will tell...

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