The Conditions
What I was surprised at, was that whilst expecting the worst to be Lyme Bay, in actual fact, the leg from Bridge to Portland was definitely larger than that after Portland Bill.
Lyme bay was smaller and pretty predictable.
By the time we were passing Portland on the way back (at 25mph) the following sea was quite large at times, and we didn't have the speed to bridge anything, so we got pretty wet a couple of times. Again, from Portland Bill to Anvil was I think the worst part.
I / We haven't been so frustrated in a long while. feckin electronics! We've been asking for rough water for a year or more, and when we get it......perfik!!
I've been trying to get a handle on how long we were stopped for at Sconce. We watched the first of the CPC race fleet (2nd start) pass us before we got going again, so reckon it must have been 15-20 mins. When the port motor finally restarted we pushed on directly to Portland, and about 10 miles off the Bill we saw roosters/boats north of us heading south west toward the Bill, who'd presumably taken the Flying Fish prefered route close to the shore, we made portland a few miles before them, so the direct route paid off for us, making up at least some of our lost time. Shame it was all in vain.
