When the promised Easterly came Ti Gitu headed West and had a good sail up Southampton Water to Marchwood sailing club. The club is really friendly and very accommodating.
Southampton Water is incredibly commercial with container ships docking opposite the club on a daily basis and cruise ships coming and going.
So a pleasant few days were spent at Marchwood with Nigel a friend from my youth visiting for a day.
It was then down to the Hamble river to spend time with other friends Dave and Francis.
Then a really good sail hard on the wind over to Newtown Creek on the Isle of Wight for a few days before getting out as a bank holiday was coming and it gets totally full with Hooray Henries at weekends and holidays which really spoils the place. We headed up to Newport which was very full but there was room for us alongside the wall.
We took a cycle ride to Cowes and were amazed that the harbour virtually emptied on the Monday.
Later in the week we will head back towards Chichester and back into Emsworth to keep some appointments.
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