Pottering down the Solent

After yesterday's epic voyage, we slept in, started late and have had a pleasent gentle day with the tide sweeping us down the solent. We took the opportunity to mess about, hoisting the 'drifter', a very light headsail, and then using the new poles to put the jibs out either side, as we will do in the tradewinds, only with a small jib instead of the huge drifter.

It all worked really well, and it's good to have tried it out. It was so good, we lowered the dinghy into the water and I went around taking photos and video from off the boat, something you can rarely do.

As lunch was being prepared, a mackerel kindly decided to join us just in time for an appointment with the frying pan and some brown bread. Lovely.