PicoMicroYacht's Voyages including the 2012 English Channel Crossing

The blog records the voyages of PicoMicroYacht, a seaworthy small sailing dinghy converted for rowing long distances. This includes the 26th July 2012 crossing of the English Channel, as well as rowing along the south coast of England, down the river Thames, around London and across Ireland. PicoMicroYacht is a converted Laser Pico Sailing Dinghy, with a sliding seat, riggers and cleaver oars, fitted with a shortened main mast and a mizzen mast and can be set up as a reduced rig sailing boat.

Thursday, 3 May 2018

When the wind and waves are with you

Over the next few days PicoMicroYacht will be voyaging from Littlehampton to Eastbourne. So the weather has to be good enough and it seems to be.

There are light winds, the tide is turning to neaps and in this part of the English Channel there is no residual swell.

Of course it is always good to follow the Shipping Forecast, but I enjoy looking at other websites, such as the surfer ones. If it is bad new for surfers, then it is good new for PicoMicroYacht. Saturday to Monday looks particularly dismal for the surfers, but not for PicoMicroYacht.