Sailing with Amy Clair

 Now how do these go ?? Laura getting into the spirit of the occasion ! Finally decided to lift Amy Clair for her winter check up , antifoul and a whole list of upgrades that we have in mind. It's a good job we are still working !

We sailed from Gosport down to Weymouth for the bank holiday weekend with good friends Sian and Andrew Moore. Apart from getting chased by a UK Customs boat who thought we might be illegals - all went fine !

We were just thinking how big and comfortable our wonderful new boat....and then this guy turns up....still is he happy ???

We had a cracking sail from Eastbourne along the coast to Portsmouth. We left pre -dawn from eastbourne. Happily we made sure that we were the first into the lock , ahead of the fishing boats who come worryingly close. Force 4/5 SSW most of the way close hauled but without too much tacking . Very exhilarating.

Our very good friend Mark Ferguson joined us for the trip down from Dover to Eastbourne. Winds lighter than predicted but a very enjoyable sail with an old friend - perfect ! The locks at Eastbourne can get busy.

We arrived in Lowestoft pretty much as planned and were buzzing after our first night passage on Amy Clair. We were all ready for a "full English," in a local cafe.

Penny & Chris flew from the UK to Amsterdam to meet us at Amsterdam Marina. We were happy to have them on board as old friends and  good support for the trip back across the North Sea