We had a couple of shakedown weekends where we took her out with groups of friends, hardened enough to not mind the wet weather that has seemed to linger for longer this year. The first weekend started the same day we left work, we met Steve & Kathryn, Matt Horlor and Petey Shaw in Shamrock Quay before taking her up the Hamble. Did we imagine spying Pip Hildesley’s ‘The Shed’? We then crossed the Solent and up the Medina to the Folly Inn on Saturday bumping into some Overlord crew including Alison Dewar. Departing Sunday morning having the engine cut out made things a bit exciting. With John’s quick thinking we got the genoa out quickly which thankfully made things less exciting. Resolving the issue to have been caused by apparent water in the fuel. Laura
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