We have spent the day lazing in our snug berth in what was the old Navy victualling yard in Gosport. These days it is the Royal Clarence Marina but you can still see the former Granary which was built on stout columns, presumably to keep out the rats.
Opposite the marina lie the long grey warships of today's Navy. We deserved a day off after furious efforts to get this far West before our return to London.
We are leaving Sirena IV here for a while. Later we hope to take her to Nic's boyhood sailing ground of Studland and Poole bay, only 30 miles away.
It's quiet and peaceful here, very welcome after the horror of Brighton. We didn't give you the full picture in the last blog but here are the headlines.
We had to wait outside the marina as they hadn't dredged it and it was too shallow at low tide.
We had to 'raft" on to 2 other boats because it was so full.
We were swept by tide IN the marina on to another boat.
Half an hour wait in the office to pay as computers down and chaos reigned.
Took an hour and 6 people to get us off the other boats in the morning due to tide pinning us down.
We will never go back to Brighton. End of.
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