Keith H another Westerly Centaur owner, has uploaded a number of videos to his channel, including sailing on Juno, or alongside her in his own boat Issa Me. The thumbnails are mainly Juno; as identified by the red windlass. Hence with gratitude, I am able to show some of Juno’s most recent history and introduce a great sailing club.
May 2023 Trip to Queenborough.
Keith on Issa Me comes out of Segas Sailing Club Creek, Gillingham, to meet up with Chris on Juno, who is moored out on the Medway River. On a calm day they head down the estuary towards Queenborough for an overnight stay.
For identification, Juno has an inflatable dinghy in tow and blue UV strip on furling foresail. Some light sailing on Juno is shown in last half of video.
The general ambience is calm and mellow.
April 2023 Segas Sailing Club Lift In day.
Generally crane lift in action with a sequence from 2 minutes in showing Juno being picked up and put into the water. Juno looking tidy with new coats of underside paint ready for the season. A quick run out to mooring buoy and a bouncy ride back on the club boat.
October 2022 Segas Sailing Club Lift Out day.
Juno turns right out of Gillingham Marina and right again, to get into the Segas Sailing Club Creek, which is literally next door. Having spent the year in the marina, her topside is looking good after some varnishing and anti slip paint.
A little run on the motor before waiting to come in and be belted ready for lift out. There is a long sequence showing the crane lift and landing onto a rolling ‘cradle’.
Having been in a mud berth for 2022, Juno has little seaweed or barnacles , just a film of mud, as can be seen by the odd lump ready to slide off the keels.
She is landed onto a friends cradle and rolled into position, to remain over winter. Cue jet wash before the mud hardens.