Sunday 11th July - Portsmouth to Chichester

The following day we set off for home, enjoying a good sail and anchoring off East Head for lunch and a game of football. Unfortunately we managed to let the tide slip away and had to wait for a couple of hours for the water to come back - hence the photo - before making our way up to the marina and home.

So, although we hadn't achieved our objective of reaching Poole we had had a great few days out in the boat and Adam quickly became a reliable helm and crew mate. We learnt more about the boat and her characteristics and earmarked even more kit that we don't need to take with us. Slowly slowly we will arrive at the optimum cruising requirement.