New Year's Day Sail

The plan for the New Year sail was for Ishtar to have an all ladies crew, so Sheila, Angie and Elaine were welcomed aboard.  It was a beautiful morning although very cold, it was really hazardous on deck as it was very icy so you had to hang on while moving around.  We left the pontoon with a group of other yachts and made our way to the locks.  It was a bit of a squeeze in there but we got in.

 Once out, we raised our sails and began to goosewing towards Flatholm.

Once we got closer to the island some of the others decided to go around Steepholm too, but we decided to stick with the original plan.  Warmed up with some of Sheila's delicious curried parsnip soup we were a happy crew.

Galipette sailed past us looking well trimmed.

It was a good result for us, as we enjoyed a bit of peace and quiet away from our men folk, so we flew the pink flag with pride!

Vince and Tim on Alana were waiting for us so we could all lock in together.

Coracle and Chaussey were soon following us, with the slowly setting sun, having been around the two islands.

It was a good day for the ladies as we had achieved what we wanted, every trip out without the "support" of our men means we become better at planning, sail setting and making decisions.  We all felt a bit more confident and there were smiles all round.  An excellent start to the year.