Day Twenty-four & Twenty-five : still storm-bound

The weather forecast is still grim, so we decide to sit tight in Dittisham. Half the crew head back to London and I check into the Red Lion Inn for the evening. Outside, the clouds race past and the rain starts to lash down. At the Channel lightship, gusts of 52 knots were recorded that night with a wave height of 4.5 metres.

Next day's forecast is for SW veering W 5 to 7 occassionally 8 with sea state being rough and occasionally rough at first. So it looks like we'll be sailing the day after.