Skipper Rod Webb reports that Nancy Blackett and her crew enjoyed a glorious sail yesterday, out past Hurst Castle and the Needles, round the Shingles Bank and back through the North Channel to Lymington.

They saw the tall ship Tenacious and generously treated to an enjoyable supper by Sophie Neville, who today joined them for the passage from Lymington to Hamble. With plenty of sunshine and light winds, they eventually managed to make use of the sails off Cowes.