We set off from Stokes Bay in lovely sunshine and it was warm and very pleasant and we made good progress at first. The wind was light and we had already decided to miss Wootton Creek and go to Ryde sands for an ice cream. This new destination made sense given the tide and the wind. In mid-Solent the wind died away to almost nothing and for a couple of hours or so we got nowhere. Newcomers to dinghy sailing sometimes wonder if they will get sick and the fear of this can put them off. I have always said to them you cannot get sick in a dinghy because the motion does not allow it. Slopping around in the middle of the Solent for two hours though made several of feel quite queasy, so for the first time I realised that it seems that dinghy sailing can make one queasy. Eventually, we turned back before reaching Ryde and we had to paddle part of the way until a most perfect breeze sprung up making for a great reach back to Stokes Bay. The conditions were now so good that we went out again for half an hour just for the fun of it. On our return the tide was very low and it was a bit of a struggle to get the boats back onto the road. The rusting piece of metal sticking out of the water that is just off the beach was visible and made us wonder how many times we have sailed over it and missed it – so far! This was an interesting and fun day and conditions eventually became perfect.