SE of Dunnose Head going well. Two thirds of way around.

2 miles west of St CAtherines point. Wind NW 4-5 going well. Tracker now seems to be working.

Rounded Needles 7.45. Going well: we're actually passing other boats rather than being passed.

Coming up to Hurst. Have impression tracking system is not operating. Going well after a first breakfast.

Crossed start line at 05.12

The start of RIR day. It's 04.00 and we had a disturbed night. Around 01.00 we realised we were dragging our mooring and in pouring rain we had to untie to find shelter(!) bouncing up and down on the Island Sailing Club pontoon. We're just about to be evicted after about 2 hours sleep when […]

On the mooring at Cowes. Rain creeping up on us from SW. – Bob Hull

Experimented off Calshot Spit with the Yankee sail. Probably only the second or third time it's been up. Chairman very excited when it worked well. Now motoring to make up lost time. Storm coming up behind. – Bob Hull

Nancy Blackett left Hythe Marina at 14.00 en route to Cowes to prepare for the Round the Island Race. Delayed with sorting out the Yankee and losing the jib halyard up the mast! Problem resolved by going into the lock at low water!  – Bob Hull

Nancy Blackett is getting ready today in preparation for this year's J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race. The race will be started by Dame Ellen MacArthur, patron of the Nancy Blackett Trust. Participating vessels will depart from Cowes, Isle of Wight, in eleven different groups at ten-minute intervals between 5AM and 6:40AM tomorrow […]