OYT Trip 03 of 2025 - Day 4

Tuesday 8th April 2025

0000 hrs
Lat:
50° 42.70' N Long: 001° 59.11' W
Poole, Dorset

0700 hrs
An early start for breakfast and happy hour.

0945 hrs
Slipped the lines and head out into the Poole Bay, renamed 'Pot Hell', eastwards towards the Solent and back to Ocean Village.

1200 hrs
Lat:
50° 39.14' N Long: 001° 47.40' W
Noon Position

1400 hrs
Another afternoon in 'Pot Hell' the lookouts being kept busy as they searched for pots. Back into the Solent via the North Channel.

1600 hrs
The Trust has use of a mooring off Yarmouth that we were to pick up, prepair supper then do some pilotage work before motoring Prolific back to Ocean Village after sunset.

Chris and I were asked to go forward to pick up the mooring, armed with the longest boat hook I've ever used Prolific was skilfully manoeuvred to the mooring where I was lucky to get the pickup buoy on first strike and brought the mooring line inboard.

Image of Getting Ready to Picking up the buoy

Getting Ready to Picking up the Mooring Buoy
© OYT South 08/04/2025

1820 hrs
With the sun setting we cast off from the mooring and the crew navigated Prolific back to Ocean Village.

2100 hrs
Happily tucked up on the pontoon in Ocean Village.

All times are UT.


Prolific Log


Distance
NM
Underway
Avg SOG
knots
Max SOG
knots
Night
Hours
Day: 42.20 08h 30m 4.96 12.00 0h 00m
Trip: 124.60 25h 55m 4.87 12.00 0h 00m
Year: 154.60 28h 50m 5.18 12.00 0h 00m


Crew: Constantinos (Skipper), Michelle, Katie, Cathy, Sara, Chris L, Sandy and the school group.


Sunrise: 0531 hrs    Meridian Passage: 1202 hrs   Sunset: 1850 hrs


The Shipping Forecast

The shipping forecast issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, at 00:15 (UTC+1) on Tue 8 Apr 2025 for the period 01:00 (UTC+1) on Tue 8 Apr 2025 to 01:00 (UTC+1) on Wed 9 Apr 2025.

There are gale warnings in:
Trafalgar.

The general synopsis at 1800:
High Forties 1029 slow-moving with little change

Sea Areas:
Thames, Dover, Wight, Portland, Plymouth

Forecast:
East or northeast 3 to 5. Slight or moderate, occasionally smooth in shelter. Fair. Good

Image of the Met Office Synoptic Chart for the day.

© Met Office Synoptic Chart 08/04/2025


Update: 15/12/2025


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