We met up with Denise in Chichester Marina and boarded her beautiful yacht Denecia II, a 44ft centre cockpit boat. After lunch we motored out of the marina and over the bar. The wind was not being helpful so we motored all the way to Swanwick. We had supper in The Ship where we met Laurence & Annie Gandar. The next morning we set off for Cowes and thought we were going to get a good sail however after one tack it was obvious we would have to motor again.
We arrived in Cowes to a very impressive collection of Moody boats including Tikka crewed by the Dixon family.
A drinks reception followed by the Celebration Dinner was held at the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club. We met lots of new friends and lots of old friends, and talked until midnight.
We spent a very enjoyable day on Sunday on a treasure hunt arranged by Peter & Lesley Williams, some of the clues were a little obscure but then that's what it is all about! Sunday evening a Hog Roast was held at the Island Sailing Club followed by a Disco of 60’s, 70’s & 80’s music.
On Monday we watched the yachts leave for their parade of Moody Yachts and waved good bye because we had to head back to Chichester.
And this time we did get a good sail all the way to the entrance to the river. It looked like an armada coming in behind us they all wanted to beat the tide over the bar.
Denise took her back into her berth and we said our good byes, a great week end and a great reunion with all our old friends.
