Back from a busy Easter weekend, on Good Friday we went to Brighton on Rowena with Nigel, Sharron, Jake and Lara. The weather was grey and miserable but very calm. Before we had been going an hour, half the crew were asleep! The new engine performed very well, in fact we knocked half an hour off our usual 6 hours to get to Brighton. Nigel was pleased to see all the new engines on both Rowena and Venture, hence his big grin! Saturday was spent in Brighton with lunch in the Ha Ha bar and then a walk to the beach. Takeaway chinese for tea. Sunday was a bit brighter but not much, after refuelling we headed off back to Portsmouth again with very calm seas, but no sun. We arrived in Portsmouth at 4 and by 6 where heading off on Venture to Cowes for our tea! It was going dark as we set off back to Portsmouth, but very calm, good job too as we had Jake and Lara aboard! On Easter Monday we thought we would go to Bembridge for breakfast, the sun by now had come out and it was a lovely day. On the way we saw the tall ship Tenacious looking very stately as it made its way up the Solent, and also the coastguard helicopter practising lowering a man onto a boat, all very exciting. We arrived in Bembridge at 11.30 on Venture beached her and climbed off, Tizzy and Sammy had to swim ashore, I think everyone else on the Isle of Wight had thought of going there for breakfast too, the place was heaving, no more breakfasts were being served, in fact no food at all was being served and it called itself a cafe! we ended up with a scone and coffee better than nothing I suppose. We then gave all the watching public something to look at by getting back on Venture, with dogs, kids and pushchair, and set off for Ryde to see the little marina there. Back to Rowena to tidy her up and come home, Venture is still in Portsmouth, but we will be bringing her back next weekend.