The (end of season) Southampton Boat Show is already underway. Attended by 'Psi Paul,' who ensures Stargazer's electrical health. He calls with welcome news. He has secured discounts on a B&G Zeus plotter, plus the necessary Navionics cartography, with which to complete Stargazer's instrumentation update. Begun last winter.
Tomorrow is the autumnal equinox. Marking the meteorological start of a mercurial season, of calms and storms. Also the first day on which tides favour an east-bound crossing, of the Baie de Seine. Ten to fifteen knots of south westerly breeze are forecast, to speed Stargazer on her way. Three cheers, for a first sighting of the elusive south westerly wind!
Picture Credits
Southampton Boat Show courtesy of Classic Boat Magasine.
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