Saturday 4th October 2025
0000
hrs
Lat: 50° 45.66'
N
Long: 001° 17.64'
W
Sheppards Yard, Cowes
0800
hrs
A long night of creaking warps as my bunk was right in the bow of the boat.
0945
hrs
With all sailing being abandoned the skippers of all the boats came up whith a cunning plan and a photographic scavenger hunt was devised to that all crews could do something to fill the morning. This lead to an interesting few hours wandering round Cowes finding things or performing tasks ensuring that a picture was taken of either the item or the task. Once back at the boat lunch arrived as it by magic followed by a team of scorers who visited to check the evidence and assign points.
The day was stunning sunny, bright with great visibility, if rather windy. In the Solent the sea churned with lots of low waves with white horses.
1400 hrs
All of the crews gathered at Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club for an afternoon's entertainment; a sailing related quiz and some construction activities using dry pasta and marshmallows.
All times are UT
Prolific Log
| Distance NM |
Underway | Avg SOG knots |
Max SOG knots |
Night Hours |
|
| Day: | 0.00 | 0h 00m | 0.00 | 00.00 | 00h 00m |
| Trip: | 59.70 | 12h 55m | 3.30 | 11.00 | 00h 00m |
| Year: | 447.65 | 100h 54m | 4.40 | 12.00 | 00h 00m |
Crew: Andy (Skipper), Andrew, Tom, Josh, Lucy Mitchell, Iori, Sandy and the group from Bruern Abbey School.
Sunrise: 0559 hrs Meridian Passage: 1149 hrs Sunset: 1757 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 4 Oct 2025 for the period 01:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 4 Oct 2025 to 01:00 (UTC+1) on Sun 5 Oct 2025.
There are gale warnings in:
All areas except Trafalgar.
The general synopsis at 1800:
Low Hebrides 952 expected just north of Fair Isle 953 by 1800 Saturday.
Sea Areas:
Thames, Dover, Wight, Portland, Plymouth.
Forecast:
Southwest veering west, 6 to gale 8. Rough or very rough occasionally moderate. Rain then squally showers. Good, occasionally poor.
© Met Office Synoptic Chart 04/10/2025
Updated: 13/01/2026
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