In the Solent Part 2

Thursday we finally can hoist the sails again and we’re enjoying a wonderful trip through the ‘birthplace of sailing’. Via radio we listen a dramatic Mayday situation involving chopper, we see the Alinghy (although we don’t recognize her) and plenty of other racing yachts. We also come quite close to one of the last hovercrafts and have plenty of opportunities to practice the rules of way. There are more sailboats here than in the Kieler and Flensburger Foerde together. Hehehe. In the evening we put into Yarmouth – the oldest township on the Isle of Wight. A really lovely spot with plenty of nice pubs. (One main focus point as you can see ;-)

The next day – because there’s no suitable wind to continue – we’re using the afternoon for a little trip with our dinghy. We go up the River Yar and see some nice houses and an old church. In the evening it’s ‘harbour-cinema’ again. Because of the tide going in and out there are always quite chaotic maneuvers to be seen (ours not excluded). Quite before leaving we were actually crashed into by a smaller boat. Luckily we choose a steel ship – no harm done.

Friday we’re leaving the Solent and pass by the famous Needles – where we cheer with a nice Guinness. ;-) We sail nicely along the increasingly interesting coastline and while passing Anvil Point – we actually get our private flight show by the famous Rad Arrows ! In darkness we enter Weymouth, where we spend the night in front of the flap bridge that will open saturday at eight in the morning. We have fish & chips for a midnight snack and fall into bed. Early in the morning (for us it’s actually 7 o’clock, as we’re on UTC) – we enter the marina and see Michael to the train station. It was a wonderful week together with him – we really hope we’ll see each other earlier than when we return to Berlin.

And now I sit here typing away in the pub. The text that I’ve written earlier while on the ship, I now translated and put the pictures in order. In the harbour the internet costs 3,50 Punds PER HOUR (!!!!!!!) and that’s quite a normal tariff here. It’s really a punch in the face – especially since the marinas here are also impressingly expensive. Well, we’re gonna focus more on the Guinness and less on the internet. :-)


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5 Responses to In the Solent Part 2

  1. dafdaf says:

    …anbd I forgot to mention: Many of the nicer pictures where taken by Michael ! – Michael: If you’re reading this, please send us some pics of the needles, I forgot to copy. Thanks !

    • Michael says:

      Hola Los Locos,
      Thanks for a great ‘rancho-relaxed’ week on the Solent. Good to see you all again and sad it was only so short. Hope to see you again soon. Look out for the movie…
      Take care,
      Michael

  2. fa dell says:

    Hola Los Locos ! Los quiero !!! besos

  3. johnny says:

    Die Red Arrows habt ihr wohl zum Letztenmal in der aktuellen Besetzung gesehen. Das war heute in den Nachrichten:

    “Entsetzen bei einer Flugshow im englischen Seebad Bournemouth: Ein Jet der legendären Red-Arrows-Staffel der britischen Luftwaffe ist am Samstag abgestürzt. Bei der Vorführung der Neunerstaffel flog eines der Flugzeuge plötzlich deutlich niedriger. Augenzeugen berichteten, der Jet sei beim Rückflug mehrmals auf einem Feld aufgeschlagen. Der Pilot starb, jede Hilfe kam zu spät.”

    Aber euch alles Gute auf der Weiterreise!

  4. dafdaf says:

    Huh ?!?!? In Bournemouth ? Na, das war nicht *genau* wo wir die gesehen haben, aber gleich um’s Eck… Hmm. Na auf jeden Fall sind’s auf den Fotos eindeutig neun Red Arrows.