June 30

June 30, 2011: Yarmouth – Brighton.

Yarmouth is a very nice, small and typical English town on the Isle of Wight.
The harbour is small too with hardly any room for manoeuvring. We were berthed on a pontoon with no connection to the shore.
After the steigerborrel we took the water-taxi and went into town, where we took a lot of pictures and enjoyed a nice meal.
The following morning we started early again as our next harbour, Brighton, was 60 miles away.
Beautiful sunshine, clear skies, but no wind, forced us to use the motor all the way around the Isle of Wight.
On the other side of the island wind was waiting for us and we sailed with a stern wind till Brighton. We used all sails, with and without success and arrived in the city of Brighton about 20:30 CET.
There Monique decided to leave us the next morning. From Brighton she could enjoy an easy connection to London and from London fly back to Amsterdam.

The destination for today, July 1, is Eastbourne, some 30 miles East of Brighton. The three men will have to do it without the good care of Monique.
Again the weather is beautiful, but little or no wind to sail on.


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