The weather looks good, the met say this for the sea
Wind: east or southeast 3 or 4 easing mainly southeast 2 or 3, becoming southwest 2 or 3 later.
Weather: fair.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
So were going for it.
Launching Town Quay Lymington around 1030 and plan to head for the Folly for lunch.
Anybody with wish to meet up somewhere or join us on board then we are 3 and have seats for 3 more details
Boat= Yellow 5.85m Ribcraft / Suzuki 140HP
Callsign 'BOB'
My Mobile is 07785 386550
Area is new to us so if you have local knowledge to share then even better.
Have a great day - some of us will be stuck at work
Had a look at the weather and tides... "DOVER WIGHT PORTLAND EASTERLY 4 OR 5, OCCASIONALLY 6. FAIR. MAINLY GOOD"
So it looks like you might have a bit of a bumpy ride up the Solent in the morning with wind-over-tide, but a smoother return journey back to Lymington in the afternoon. Great stuff.
We had a brilliant day. Sunshine with hardly a cloud insight.
I think the sea was flatter than forcast and we shot across from Lymington to the River Medina doing around 35 knots.
Very Slowly up the river and Found the Folly Inn. Can see why its recommended as we had an excellent lunch there.
Fully fed and watered we headed back out and had a blast down towards the needles before heading back to Lymington and pulling the boat out around 1600hrs.
No mishaps while boating but driving along, spotted the spare wheel for the trailer whobbling on its mounting just in time to stop the nuts coming off and the wheel going its own way. A case of some lock thread and a strap for that me thinks.
Martin, how is the performance of the 5.85 with the 140 Suzuki? Have you had it flat out yet? Also, what is your average fuel consumption. I would appreciate a trip out with you some time if that is ok.
