July 1, 2011

July 1, 2011: Brighton - Eastbourne.


The destination Eastbourne is only 30 miles.
Again the weather is beautiful, but little or no wind to sail on. That's how we ended our blog yesterday.
Once we out of the harbour there was indeed very little wind so we decided to sail far out at the sea to find more wind.
Indeed we found some wind 5 to 6 miles from the coast line.
The wind was again coming from behind and therefore we put on the spinnaker sail after precise preparations. We found out that our boom didn't have a down-holder line so we invented one.
With the spinnaker the speed increased and with a bright sun, we really enjoyed the ride.

After some time the idea came up to make pictures from the spinnaker from outside the ship. So, we send Sam in his little dinghy on the open sea with a camera. He made some very nice pictures and even a small movie.
We have put the pictures on the blog already.
By 19:00 we arrived in the nice new harbour of Eastbourne after passing the lock.
By the time we landed the boat we received the message form Monique that she was already at home.
That evening we had our dinner in a small American restaurant.



We will keep you updated.
Cees, Sam, Monique and Oscar.