We left Emsworth on Monday 3rd in strongish winds and anchored in Thorney finally deciding to head East on the Wednesday. The winds were forecast to increase later in the day and we crept out over Chichester bar at 1.5 hours after low water. There wasn’t much swell and we had a minimum of 1 metre under our keel all the time.
The sail started ok with a good breeze from the West until after rounding Selsey Bill it went light for a few hours. The tide would turn against us for the last few hours but only at 1 knot so we decided to head for Newhaven a port we have not entered before.
Just after the tide turned the wind increased to a F7 and gave us a really bouncy ride until we rounded the breakwater and dropped the last small part of the fore sail.
Newhaven is a busy commercial port with ferries and ships coming and going at all times of day and night. The marina is rather ‘run down’ but the visitor pontoon is new and the charges are reasonable compared to Brighton and Eastbourne – except for the £5.00 a day charge for electricity. We will run the generator.
After some rest we will continue towards Dover.
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