Thursday 20th March 2025
0000
hrs
Lat: 50° 53.66'
N
Long: 001° 23.34'
W
Ocean Village Marina, Southampton
The Spring Equinox.
I popped up to Prolific in Southampton for some maintenance work and the shakedown trip with the riggers onboard. I find this sail at the start of the season allows me to reacquaint myself with all the lines and get involved in some sail hoists.
0900
hrs
We slip the lines for a quick blast down Southampton Water and into the Eastern Solent sailing at all sorts of wind angles allowing the riggers to adjust the rigging with some of the biggest spanners I've seen.
1315
hrs
Back on the pontoon at Ocean Village and change from sailing to maintenance kit.
All times are UT.
Prolific Log
| Distance NM |
Underway | Avg SOG knots |
Max SOG knots |
Night Hours |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day: | 30.00 | 04h 15m | 7.06 | 10.40 | 0h 00m |
| Trip: | 30.00 | 04h 15m | 7.06 | 10.40 | 0h 00m |
| Year: | 30.00 | 04h 15m | 7.06 | 10.40 | 0h 00m |
Crew: Constantinos, Josh, Sara, Rooby, Patrick, Sandy, Linnea & Shaun
Sunrise: 0611 hrs Meridian Passage: 1207 hrs Sunset: 1817 hrs
The Shipping Forecast
The shipping forecast issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, at 23:30 (UTC) on Wed 19 Mar 2025 for the period 00:00 (UTC) on Thu 20 Mar 2025 to 00:00 (UTC) on Fri 21 Mar 2025 .
There are gale warnings in:
Biscay, Trafalgar and FitzRoy.
The general synopsis at 1800:
Low Trafalgar 993 expected FitzRoy 986 by 1800 Thursday. New high expected Norway 1023 by same time
Sea Areas:
Wight, Portland
Forecast:
East or southeast 3 to 5, occasionally 2 at first. Slight or moderate, occasionally smooth at first in Wight. Fair. Good
© Met Office Synoptic Chart 20/03/2025
Updated: 09/12/2025
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