Chichester Yacht Club Magazine June 2018 | Page 14

Gosport yacht cruise April 2018 — by Jerry Quinton, Kerry Dancer
Despite what was threatening to be
disastrously poor weather it all turned out to
be a good sail and an enjoyable weekend all
round for the five boats that joined the cruise
to Gosport Marina for the last weekend in
April.
We welcomed seeing new members Paul
and Jan and their Beneteau “Canapus” join
the fun for their shakedown cruise of the
season.
There was very little wind forecast on
Saturday and that was likely to be on the
nose heading from Chichester to Gosport.
There was also rain on the cards and very
low temperatures for the time of the year.
The rain held off and the wind was just ok to
push us gently along and with enough
northerly to mean a reasonable single tack to
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Horse Sand fort and into Gosport from there.
Nick Cole and his crew Tim also managed to
find enough wind to push “Aquaholic” to the
Nab tower and then onto Gosport.
John and Jane Gosnell of “First Light”
managed to man the club open day before
setting off and still arriving in time for the
pontoon party.
We were moored very close to “Suhaili”, Sir
Robin Knox-Johnston’s boat from his solo
non-stop sail around the wor ld in 1968-69.
Most of us had a good look at this famous
piece of sailing history.
There were also a large number of the
Clipper round the world training yachts
moored nearby which was an impressive
sight.