Cruising the South Coast of England

15^th August 2012

My brother David and his wife Jane recently bought, a new to them, Moody 39 which they wanted to move from the Hamble, Southampton to Falmouth where they have a mooring at Mylor on the river Fal.  I offered to do the trip with them and we set off from the berth in the Hamble in strong head winds and stormy skies but it wasn’t far down the Solent to Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight, where we were to spend our first night.   It was great to visit Yarmouth again as we used to moored our Nicholson 31 on a pile mooring up the River Yar.

As the forecast was for bad weather for the following day we decided to stay in the marina for another night and make the most of some of the lovely walks up the river.  The weather greatly improved as the day progressed so we had a very enjoyable day.  We found a very good Bistro for lunch and decided to go back there for dinner that evening.

Dave and Diane along the River Yar, Yarmouth

Dave and Jane at Yarmouth

Tidal Mill on the River Yar, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight