Day 2: 6am shower, 7am breakfast of porridge with brown sugar, banana & black tea. Safety flares, engine checks: water-raw&coolant; oil-engine, gearbox,fuel;belts;bilges;leaks;electrics.went sailing and practiced various maneuvers (tack, jibe, raising a few if the many cutter rigged sails. Boat cruises very well!
Day 3: Breakfast of toast
/jam & & black tea. Lots of action on the water today. Hoisted a monster sized Yankee 1 sail. Performed man overboard drill. Lunch was a stuffed chicken pastry of some sort... Yummy! More maneuvers (tacks, jibes, downwind runs). English channel very busy with huge cargo vessels, ferry ships & hovercraft. Lots of challenging currents & tricky spots. Beautiful area...sailing bliss.
Below is a pic of the boats from the end of the dock at the marina. Sorry too busy for additional pics & vids...will get some early this week :)
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