Left Yarmouth at 0847 for Bembridge. After setting off into a north easterly, we reasoned that as we came to the top of the Isle of Wight, we would bear away southward and make a tack, but as we did the wind followed us until we tried the same thing again at the end of the Island when it became southeast!! Still we have a good engine and a fair tide and made it through the winding channel into Bembridge at 1400. It's probably not a good passage plan not to know where you intend to go when you arrive somewhere, but as we didn't and the beach looked so inviting, we sailed onto it.
Our next destination was Brighton and as the wind was north easterly we stayed for four nights. The beach & sun was really nice, even taking my first (intentional) swim. We clawed back some budget overspend only lashing out on bread, milk & nesquick (strawberry!) except for one night when we went wild and bought a bag of chips from the chipshop.
