Friday - 8 June 2018

Tricia & I left home on Thursday evening to travel down to Lymington, eventually all (well most) of our work commitments behind us for a while.

During Friday, our crew for this leg began to arrive. The first being Dave Carr who had flown down from Scotland. We busied ourselves with various preparations, including some jobs that had long been put off. We also spent time with Henry from the boatyard who has been overseeing the electronics upgrade work on Equinox. We now have a new set on instruments to learn about, but everything seems to be functioning as it should.

At lunchtime, James arrived, brought by his dad Tom who had sailed from Germany with us earlier in the year. Next was Gerry, a vital long term part our crew and the veteran of many previous trips with us. Finally came Harry, another contact from previous crews and our first lifeboat crewman on board.

We added fuel and water, checked the weather forecast for the umpteenth time, and concluded that Saturday was the day to go. We were all set.

Distance covered today	0	nautical miles
Trip distance covered	0	nautical miles
Distance covered 2018	720	nautical miles

Steve (and Tricia)