Time for a Dads and Lads weekend with Chris and William, Ian (aka Captain Rubbish), Constantin and me. Constantin and William did all the filming, hence a slightly different camera style than usual…
For starters the weather was really awful, but we managed to get to Cowes on Saturday despite some royal hangovers… Strong wind was forecast for Sunday afternoon, so we made an early way back to Haslar, with quite a hairy departure in Cowes …🤫
Important visitors on board: first timers Tabea and Nik, Kathrin’s god son came for a visit and a short boating trip. Unfortunately the weather was really misty with low visibility and no wind. Nevertheless we wanted to give the newcomers to sailing a go, so we pottered around Spitbank Fort in the Solent, just outside Portsmouth Harbour.
Next day a visit to Beaulieu Boat Jumble including the Top Gear Museum. Unfortunately, we arrived late at the Jumble – all the good stuff, e.g. rope already gone (much to Kathrin ‘s delight…) 😉
This post gets a bit technical – no sailing footage… We decided to go for a big upgrade on Polaris and ordered a Fischer Panda 5000i Neo at the London Boat Show in January – by the way, according to today’s news, the last one…
Apparently, business goes well at Fischer Panda UK and we had quite a lead time. The generator was finally installed in the week after Easter.
Here’s the first impression and test run.
