So 2025 was a dead loss, we had Ti Gitu lifted out of the water to make some repairs, change the cutlass bearing, change the propeller, sand the bottom and re antifoul.
Along with a few other things we hardly did any sailing at all and really hope to do a bit more this year.
We left the marina on Saturday 30th and went to East head to dry out and replace the propshaft seals. There are 2 ordinary looking seals which Vetus the manufacturer of the seal unit will only sell fitted into a bronze fitting for over £90.00. I purchased a set of high quality replacement seals and a spare set for £20.00. Difficult to get at being aft of the engine but only took a few hours to fix.
The next night we anchored in Thorney channel and then left for the Isle of Wight the next morning.
All of the lovely high pressure Easterlies of the previous weeks had gone and we had a hard sail on the wind with a couple of tacks to Newtown river where as it was blowing fairly hard we took a mooring. We sat there for two nights and then as a gale was forecast ran to Newport arriving on the Wednesday.
We have often been to Newport and usually lay alongside the wall where it is a hard gravel but level bottom on which to dry out. On this occasion for the first night we went on the pontoon and dried out at a very awkward angle so the next day moved to the wall again which is where we are currently sat.
It is looking like the weather will improve for sailing towards the Channel Islands next weekend so will wait out the poor weather here.
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