SPINNAKER ALL THE WAY

If you watched us yesterday you would have seen us leave the Medway and motor to Dover. Today the wind is much more favourable and we get to sail along to Eastbourne on part two of our journey down to the Solent.
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[@GB36CL]

Excellent. Great to see you again.

[@SailingwiththeFoxwellFamily]

Thankyou. Happy Christmas

[@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524]

Oooh look sunshine and a kite!!! Perfect for a cold wet Winters evening! Looked a lovely sail. Hope you're all well?

[@SailingwiththeFoxwellFamily]

Hi Ruaraidh. You to. Happy Christmas

[@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524]

@@SailingwiththeFoxwellFamily And to you all too!

[@paulgibson7848]

Great film as always

[@SailingwiththeFoxwellFamily]

Thanks Paul. Happy Christmas

[@sailingcitrinesunset4065]

10:57 A tip for tying up on a dock, stern line first and idle forward then bowline then neutral. It's a method many ferries use and it doesn't matter about wind or tide. The only trick is after the stern line is secured steer away from the dock when idle forward and the boat will come along side the dock. You'll looks like a pro lol

[@SailingwiththeFoxwellFamily]

Thanks guys. Yes we should have done that, I think we were just a bit frazzled from the long day ion the sun

[@williambell8282]

Ah..the lovely Hannah...

[@SailingwiththeFoxwellFamily]

:-)

[@davidwhite6440]

Great to bump into you in Eastbourne. Not sure if we arrived same day as you, but by 10pm the winds had picked up considerably and we were surfing waves with just half the genny unrolled and nothing else. Still doing 6.5 knots through the water !

[@SailingwiththeFoxwellFamily]

Thanks David. Yup, more films to come :-)

[@markkendal5490]

Wonderful video as usual. We did the very same trip in September '21 and for the sake of transparency confess that a) we messed up the lock and then b) completely messed up berthing! Maybe it's something about Eastbourne or.....

[@SailingwiththeFoxwellFamily]

Hi Mark, yup thats what I think :-)

[@stefandackus-wirken1756]

The laughter and screaming at the end is exceptional 😁👍 looks like a great holiday!

[@SailingwiththeFoxwellFamily]

Thank you it was... more to come everyday over xmas

[@tonyhunt4206]

Isn't that berth in Eastbourne right next to the one we had when delivering Daphi? No probs getting in that time 😄

[@SailingwiththeFoxwellFamily]

Pretty much I think :-)

[@sailingcitrinesunset4065]

Sorry Hannah but next to the blue boat mean's next to the blue boat! lol

[@SailingwiththeFoxwellFamily]

It was a long day!

[@petestack]

Does the lifeboat live in the marina and have to go out through the lock?

[@SailingwiththeFoxwellFamily]

Hi. I dont know im afraid but probably. There are two locks here, 24 hour operation and one is always ready so they could be out within a couple of minutes

[@SouthEast77]

Great video! How long did the journey take?

[@SailingwiththeFoxwellFamily]

Hi Luke. Generally we had 8-10 hr days so not that bad... and of course its why we split the journey up as we did. That said we did it like a delivery trip and as you have seen motored when ever we couldn't maintain a good pace.