Meet Yarmouth on Friday 4th May. A cruise weekend for small yachts.
Friday May 4th – Portsmouth
0240 1.0
0922 4.5
1501 0.8
So should facilitate a good morning sail to Yarmouth for people comming from the East.
Saturday May 5th – Portsmouth
0329 0.7
1015 4.7
1550 0.6
So if we leave 0915 UTC (10.15 BST) we should catch the stream going west. We should aim to arrive Poole just after LW, which is at 1535 0.5.
Sunday May 6th
Poole LW is at 0403 0.4 so looking at the tidal estimate in the Almanac it looks like the tide will be on the ebb from 10.00 onwards.
Portsmouth –
1106 4.8
1638 0.5
So using HW +5 we can get back into the Solent from 1606 onwards.
Depending on the weather we could then go back into Yarmouth or use the stream to get down as far as Cowes before sunset at 1952. I guess the decision as where each person wants to stop will be up to each skipper and depend on how tired they and their crew are.
Monday 7th May - for those who dont want to carry on East from Yarmouth until Monday (and that most likly would include us)
Portsmouth
0505 0.4
1159 4.9
1726 0.5
So there could be an early morning sail back eastwards.
Already about 6 boats signed up. I'll be launching at Buckler's Hard on the morning of Friday 4th.