Portsmouth weekend

One of the things I love about keeping Molly at our club in Gosport, is that there is so much going on. There are craft of all types and ages to watch, and the traffic through the narrow mouth of Portsmouth harbour is something to behold. This weekend was a typical relaxed couple of days aboard. There are plenty of locations to choose, based on the weather. This weekend there was a strong westerly, so I chose Priory Bay outside Bembridge for anchoring on Saturday, and a beat-run towards Cowes on Sunday. Below is a sample of the traffic I passed.

At anchor in Priory Bay. It doesn’t look busy, but behind me….
…I had a lot of company.
Wind turbine blades on the move
That’s a lot of rock! Cargo laden…
…and unladen
Cornish Crabber 24 in brisk conditions
Hovercraft leaving Ryde
HMS Medusa, wooden WWII harbour defence patrol launch returning to her berth in Gosport
HMS Mersey, offshore patrol vessel, also returning to port
US navy ship leaving Portsmouth

Leave a comment