Yacht Seaduction 2023

24th August Despite not having to leave Ramsgate until at least 11 am, we still woke early and after our first cuppa we washed and dressed. While Chris sorted out a few work related calls, Carole walked up the hill…

23rd August We were awake before our alarm went off and Chris checked the updated inshore weather forecast at 6 am, with all looking good to lock-out at 7 am. Another yacht called Loon was planning to go to Dover…

22nd August We awoke just before 7 am to blue skies and warm sunshine. Perhaps summer has finally come! We had our first cuppa while Chris checked that we were still good to go around 8.30. After we had washed…

Monday 21st August We had set an alarm for 5.15 am, to give us ample time to get ourselves organised for a 6.00 am departure. As we gently left our berth, Chris had his eye firmly on the depth gauge…

Saturday 19th August We slipped our lines just after 6.30 am and headed east out of Yarmouth, with our destination being Port Solent. We were planning to enter the Marina around high water on free flow. The wind was a…

Arrived: Monday, 14th August Departed: Saturday, 19th August We had originally booked to stay at Yarmouth until Thursday morning, but because of the deteriorating weather conditions (mainly strong winds) we decided to stay until Saturday which coincided with Sally and…

14th August We enjoyed a nice quiet, settled night on the buoy and awoke to sunshine and a gentle breeze. After a couple of bowls of cereal to fortify himself, Daniel was up on deck with Chris eager to get…

13TH AUGUST We all slept well and woke early to sunny skies and a peaceful marina. After lovely hot showers and breakfast, we all did our own thing for a couple of hours. After lunch we got ourselves ready to…

12TH AUGUST  We awoke fairly early to a warm, pleasant day. After our first cuppa and biscuit, Carole decided to clear the dirty washing pile and headed off with the trolley to the newer laundry room nearer the marina reception.…

Thursday 10th August Our plan was to leave at midday so we would pass over the Chichester Bar just before high water and pick up the tide towards Haslar. We radioed in to the lock for our place in the…

SUNDAY, 6TH AUGUST – PORT SOLENT TO ITCHENOR We got ourselves ready to leave at 08:00 via the lock. Our plan was to be at the Chichester Bar just before High Water. We followed our water track back towards Gosport…

FRIDAY, 4TH AUGUST – GOSPORT TO PORT SOLENT It was nice to see the sun out when we woke this morning, so after breakfast, showers, etc, we took down and put away the canopy, ready for our short trip to…

WEDNESDAY, 2ND AUGUST – GOSPORT We awoke Wednesday morning to a grey, damp day so decided it would be a good idea to put up the cockpit canopy to give us a drying out area for our jackets, umbrellas, etc.…

Monday, 31st July, 2017 Passage Time 6.5 hrs Distance 38.5 milies Wind SW av 16 knot Gusts. 22 knot Sea State Moderate Weymouth to The Needles We awoke to a positive weather window and made our decision to move on,…

Studland Bay to Weymouth 13th July We set off out of Studland Bay keeping Old Harry’s Rocks a mile to starboard, then continued past Swanage. We had both sails up now sailing for Anvil Point. We had to keep about…

Yarmouth to Studland Bay 12th July   We decided to take the north channel out past Hurst Point as we have done before. Chris had worked out that the earliest we could pass Hurst Point would be at 13:30 when…

Newtown River to Yarmouth 12th July 2017 Passage Time 1.5 hrs Distance 4 milies Wind av 20 knot Gusts. 28 knot Sea State Moderate We woke to another pleasant day, although after the heat of the last few days, it…

Gosport – Newtown River 9th July 2017 Passage Time 2 hrs Distance 12 milies Wind av 5 knot Gusts. 9 knot Sea State Slight   We did not have to leave early to go to the Newtown River as the…

Brighton – Gosport 6th July 2017 Passage Time 8 hrs Distance 43.25 Wind av 11 knot Gusts. 22.5 knot Sea State Moderate We were getting ready to leave Brighton when a Belgium yacht arrived attempting to come alongside the pontoon.…

Sovereign – Brighton 5th July 2017 Passage Time 4.5 hrs Distance 24.25 Wind av 11 knot Gusts. 15.5 knot Sea State Slight   When we visited Brighton last year, we could not get in at low water due to silting…

Sunday 2nd  & 3rd July Ramsgate to Sovereign Harbour Passage time 10 hrs Distance 49.25 Wind av 13 knot Gusts. 22.5 knot Sea State Moderate When we awoke, our plan was to go to Dover, hopefully, for one night. Chris…

Friday, 30th June Ipswich to Ramsgate Passage time 8 hrs Distance 44.23 miles Wind av 1.5 knot Gusts. 3 knot Sea State smooth We readied ourselves for our first leg to Ramsgate.  The boat was fully provisioned and fuelled and…

22nd May 2017 We had a very enjoyable weekend at Lowestoft, meeting up with some of our family and their friends on Saturday afternoon and evening.  We had a reasonably early night as the 4 am start finally caught up…

20th May 2017 We had originally planned to make our trip to Lowestoft on Friday, but the weather forecast promised strong winds, heavy rain and possibly thunderstorms, so not surprisingly we deferred our trip to Saturday when the weather forecast…

We took Seaduction out for the winter as usual in November.  Engine serviced and winterised, Water tanks flushed and drained. This year we had decided to replace the Saloon upholstery and one of the rear mattress. The removal of the…