Wednesday 28 September
We set off early in a flat calm to get back into Royal Clarence Marina in Gosport (yet again) to meet my broker friend, who was kindly returning my crew’s excess baggage, that had been removed to make me look tidy and spacious for the Boat Show. We tied up alongside a wooden sail training ship, Bonawentura from Gdansk in Poland. 
It was hot and still, a brief return to Summer, and the crew built their bikes and cycled to the launderette in town to deal with two weeks’ worth of washing. While the Mate supervised the machines (funny how this is always a pink job), Skipper took one for the team, sourcing a new gas bottle and a few groceries.