OYT Trip 47 of 2025 - Day 4

Saturday 4^th October 2025

0000 hrs
Lat: 50° 45.66' N Long: 001° 17.64' W
Sheppards Yard, Cowes

0800 hrs
A long creaking night! My bunk was right in the bow of the boat, just where all the warps were.

0945 hrs
With all sailing being abandoned a photographic scavenger hunt was arrainged devised for all crews. This lead to an interesting few hours wandering round Cowes finding things and performing tasks with a picture of the challenges. Once back at the boat a team of scorers visited to check the evidence.

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 gather at a local sailing club for an afternoon's entertainment; a sailing related quiz and some construction activities using dry pasta and marshmallows.

All times are UT

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Prolific Log

	Distance NM	Underway	Avg SOG knots	Max SOG knots	Night Hours
Day:	0.00	0h 00m	0.00	00.00	0h 00m
Trip:	59.70	12h 55m	3.30	11.00	0h 00m

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Crew: Andy (Skipper), Andrew, Tom, Josh, Lucy Mitchell, Iori, Sandy and the group from Bruern Abbey School.

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Sunrise: 0559 hrs   Meridian Passage: 1149 hrs   Sunset: 1757 hrs

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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 .

Weather:
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

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Updated 27/11/2025