Saturday 12th April 2025
0000
hrs
Lat: 50° 425.63'
N
Long: 001° 29.65'
W
Off Yarmouth, Isle of Wright
0800
hrs
Wake, breakfast then 'Happy Hour'.
1000
hrs
Depart for Portland. Sails hoisted we head out past the Needles across Poole Bay with its minefield of pots in a cracking spring day. Bright skies and warm sunshine out of the breeze.
2000
hrs
Lat: 50° 34.42'
N
Long: 002° 27.18'
W
Fuel Berth, Portland Marina.
Following arrival at the fuel berth the crew went off for a visit to the local shop, more sugar rashions, while we got on with the process of fueling Prolific, a task that usually takes a couple of hours. Following fueling we moved off the berth to allow others to use it. Convently the crew arrived back just after we had completed refueling thus it was time to start supper.
I had not visited Portland Marina for some years, but being with a young crew did not allow us any time to enjoy the facilities.
All times are UT.
Prolific Log
| Distance NM |
Underway | Avg SOG knots |
Max SOG knots |
Night Hours |
|
| Day: | 50.00 | 10h 00m | 5.00 | 12.00 | 00h 00m |
| Trip: | 73.85 | 16h 30m | 4.48 | 10.00 | 00h 00m |
| Year: | 228.45 | 46h 20m | 4.93 | 12.00 | 00h 00m |
Crew: Andrew W (skipper), Brigid, Katie, Josh, Sara, Si, Harry, Sandy and the MDL group.
Sunrise: 0527 hrs Meridian Passage: 1201 hrs Sunset: 1849 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 Sat 12 Oct 2025 for the period 01:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 12 Oct 2025 to 01:00 (UTC+1) on Sun 13 Oct 2025.
There are gale warnings in:
Bailey, Fair Isle, Faeroes and Southeast Iceland. Iceland.
The general synopsis at 1800:
High Thames 1020 dissipating by 1800 Saturday. New Low expected SE Iceland 987 expected by same time.
Sea Areas:
Wight, Portland, Plymouth
Forecast:
East or southeast becoming viarable 2 to 4 then west 4 or 5 later. Slight or moderate. Rain or showers, good occasionally poor.
© Met Office Synoptic Chart 12/04/2025
Update: 27/12/2025
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