Our first racing of the season took place in between the gales and storms which lashed the UK this weekend. Fortunately, we were in the shelter of the Solent and not far from Portsmouth but with 2 reefs in the mainsail and a scrap of headsail, we were taking no chances!
Friday night's dinner was tortilla chips and dips for starter then home made chilli con carne with rice, served with Rioja - a very nice Campo Viejo Crianza 2005. Preparing in advance certainly cut down on the washing up!
The weather windows during the day were favourable and we even managed our customary cup of tea on the downwind legs of the races although we missed out on Saturday's lunch. This was due to our attention being diverted to diagnosing engine problems as we were getting ready for our approach into Portsmouth. Anyway, who needs an engine when there are sails and plenty of wind? Instead, we asked permission to sail into Portsmouth harbour and made it into Haslar Marina to sort out the problem.
For Saturday night we had home made Greek Lemon Chicken with new potatoes with a choice of Hardy's Carbernet Sauvignon or Semillion Chardonnay which went down well with the crew after a blustery day.
Next morning, there was a bit of excitment as the oven on our chartered yacht exploded! Well, it was more of an implosion as the glass part of the oven door shattered and ruined the cumberland sausages we were all looking forward to for breakfast. Not certain what the cause was: perhaps it was a production fault or maybe some of the holes on the burner were blocked leading to a small build up of uncombusted gas although the gas alarm didn't go off. So we made do with bacon, egg and tomatoes baps for breakfast and very nice they were too!
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