OYT Trip 46 of 2025 - Day 3

Monday 29th September 2025


0000 hrs

Lat: 50° 47.66' N   Long: 001° 06.61' W
Gunwharf Quay, Portsmouth.

0900 hrs

On a lovely sunny morning we slipped our lines and headed out of Portsmouth passing the hovercraft on route to Ryde. At the south cardinal at the start of the channel we turned west and headed up the Solent.

1030 hrs

Man overboard drills as a couple of small fishing boats dropped their pots. Even got a wave from one of them.

1110 hrs

Lat: 50° 46.86' N   Long: 001° 10.89' W
Off Gosport, Hampshire.

Dropped anchor on a stunning autum day, while the lunch team sorted out the meal we broke into groups for a session on knots, lunch and some basic chartwork.

1400 hrs

Anchor raised and the crew took charge of Prolific for the run back to Ocean Village through the North Channel then buoy hopping up Southampton Sound.

1640 hrs

Lat: 50° 53.71' N   Long: 001° 23.51' W
Ocean Village, Southampton

Along side on the south side of the hotel in Ocean Village.

All times are UTC.


Prolific Log


Distance
NM
Underway Avg SOG
knots
Max SOG
knots
Night
Hours
Day: 20.10 4h 00m 5.00 8.00 0h 00m
Trip: 84.30 11h 25m 5.53 10.30 0h 00m


Crew: Lauren (Skipper), Cathy, Josh, Jack, Simon, Sandy, Peter and the group


Sunrise: 0559 hrs   Meridian Passage: 1151 hrs   Sunset: 1757 hrs


Weather: The shipping forecast issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, at 00:15 (UTC+1) on Mon 29 Sep 2025 for the period 01:00 (UTC+1) on Mon 29 Sep 2025 to 01:00 (UTC+1) on Tue 30 Sep 2025.

The general synopsis at 1800

Low Spain 1010 slow-moving with little change by 1800 Monday. New high expected FitzRoy 1021 by same time.

Dover, Wight

Northeast becoming variable, 2 to 4. Smooth or slight. Fair. Good, occasionally moderate at first.

© Met Office Synoptic Chart 29/09/2025

© Met Office Synoptic Chart 29/09/2025


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