Friday came and we still had Steve and John from MarineTech on board finishing off the engine, and helping fix the electric loo and repositioning some deck hardware. Then we set off as far as the fuel pontoon, took on 360 litres of diesel and, at 6pm sharp, Mark steered us out into the Solent. Unfortunately he has damaged his vital middle finger, having slipped while stowing sails and got it trapped in the boom. I'm worried that it is broken, but he is very stoical/ brave and has fashioned a splint.
Darkness fell as we navigated through the lights of buoys, sailing boats and great illuminated cruise liners, past Cowes and down to Newton Creek where we dropped anchor for the night.
Mark cooked up some pasta, and then we turned in ready for an early start. Tomorrow we head down Channel towards Dartmouth and will then turn left towards Brest.
At last we are taking the first step on our voyage round the world!
5 comments:
A l'eau, c'est l'heure!
Bon voyage, mateylots. The Wests.
Congratulations, Paul and crew and bone chance with Bissau.
Greetings from f2/3 and sunny in Datca, Turkey.
John and crew.
Should have read Biscay as W Africa a sail too far!
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