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1115hrs saw us finally depart our berth at Hamble Point Marina on the first leg of journey.

Wind was blowing 35 + knots and as we sailed out into the Solent there was a fair amount of chaos and carnage amongst the racing fleets.

Our destination today was the Beaulieu River (an epic journey of several miles!) where we met up with a number of others for a Najad Rally and dinner.

Pink Cloud, a Najad 570 sailing to Beauleiu with us.

We sailed under just our Stay sail and were still making 8 knots which surprised several other makes of boat as we flew along!

We then enjoyed a great evening (though the food was dreadful) and it all ended with several rather emotional goodbyes.