Home at last. A lazy day, starting with a look at the aircraft carrier being decommissioned in Portsmouth harbour. We sailed very slowly in 4 knots of wind to Osborne Bay for the first lunch time stop of the whole trip. To celebrate Debs and I cajoled the remaining crew members to join us for a swim. At one point everybody was in the water and it occurred to me, what would happen if the anchor slipped? After swimming, Debs and I took the opportunity to scrub Jav...

Final sail before the trip on Saturday. All went well in lively force 6 winds. Fuelled up the diesel when the filler cap chain broke and the cap fell into the sea. In Javelin tradition fashioned a temporary cap from bung and gaffer tape. See the picture. Next morning it was off to the chandellers to try and find a new cap. Good news they had one of the right size. Tried to screw it in and found out by 1 millimetre! Only alternative was to fit a whole new ...

Trip to chandlery to get last minutes spares and then day getting Javelin ready for her voyage. Spent ages on the navigation lights which have gone on the blink again. Only 12 days to go!