Students from our Day Sipper shorebased course have a taste of sailing on the Solent, on a cold but beautifully clear weekend in late November 2004.

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Ferries everywhere!
 
You have to keep well over in the very narrow channel Helming a yacht for the very first time A wonderful sail along the Solent A close reach in a steady northerly
       
The upper reaches of the Beaulieu
       
A round the world Challenge yacht, training near Southampton Working up the Hamble at sunset Our mooring in Swanwick Marina
       
The busy entrance to Cowes