2016 August ARC - sailing back to blighty

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Our confidence levels boosted we decided to make an early start and to sail back to Portsmouth ahead of the rally. Mainly because Keith had to fly off to Switzerland on a work trip early on the bank Holiday Monday. We had a great sail back with favourable NW winds that somehow meant we were able to be on one tack . All went well until we were about 10 miles south of the Isle of Wight. I went below and discovered to my horror that we had a large ingress of seawater. Keep calm. There is nothing more focused than a man with a bucket in a sinking boat ! It was a schoolboy error . We had left a thru hull open on a long port tack and water had backed up through the sink and overflowed. Scary and prompted us to beef up our bilge pumping arrangements just in case !
The ARC was a wonderful experience. We made new friends, saw new sights and increased our skills and confidence . Highly recommended.

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