Gosport to Gosport #2

Hi everyone,
On Sunday a week ago we sailed from Gosport to Osborne Bay just east of Cowes on the Isle of Wight.  We stayed overnight before returning to Gosport on Monday.

Here's our track...

The outing gave us an opportunity to try out our recently regalvanised Manson Supreme anchor and our anchoring gear generally.  The anchor was fine but the anchor windlass is jamming - a problem we've encountered before.

Excellent regalvanising job

Shinier than new!

We had a great sail to Osborne Bay in a light westerly wind.  The anchorage was quite busy initially but most boats headed home later in the afternoon.

One boat which arrived in the afternoon was Evita.  We think we last saw them in St Helena in the South Atlantic in 2016.  Turns out they're based in Gosport and they dinghied over to say hello - in a safely socially distanced manner of course. Twas great to see them again.

Evita 

Zen Again in Osborne Bay

Osborne Bay sunset

On Monday the winds were very light - as they had been overnight.  So we decided to give the recently serviced engine a workout.  We normally run the engine at 2000 rpm but used 2500 for the trip back.

During the week we took the boat out of the pen, but only to turn her around ready for a working weekend.  Next time we install some new toys...