It was a pretty calm day, great for the first "longer" run of the season. We pottered down the Needles channel enjoying the sun and views of the rocks and famous lighthouse:
As you can see, it wasn't exactly rough out to sea. Passing Lulworth range, the range safety boat was very helpful, calling us to advise that they were only firing up to a range of 4.5 miles and that there was no need to go further south. The range is on the direct route to Weymouth across St Albans bank:
That cut about 30 minutes off the trip (normally about 70 miles) so we arrived in Weymouth nice and early to find almost empty pontoons in the harbour. Sunny, calm, lovely:
Kind of a south coast version of Tobermory with the coloured houses. Reassuringly, we were berthed opposite the local lifeboat:
It was called into action as well, luckily not by us though:
Weymouth time meant that we could catch up with Andrew and Linda (the Welsh connection), enjoy walks around the bay, take the train to Dorchester etc. To prove that the place is a traditional seaside town:
Donkey rides on the beach were just about resisted by the crew. It was a close call mind you.
We also had our bimini cover repaired at a local sailmaker after it was defiled by storm Katie a while ago (well, a zip was ripped out). Apparently Gosport suffered the worst storm in 18 years according to the local experts. Just our luck to be there for it. The £24 repair cost pales into insignificance compared to the size of most boat bills though so is barely worth recounting.
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