We set out from the Brankfleet just after seven this morning. We eventually sailed off the anchor although we had some difficulty with the chain jamming in the chain pipe
I was, despite the jam, very happy to find that with the new batteries the voltage drop problem we previously had is no more
We had an excellent sail off the wind down the Whitaker and past the Barrow down to the South West Sunk. Poling out the genoa worked better than ever after I rigged a downhaul onto the pole to stop it kicking up.
However, the instant we turned to port to cross the swatchway over the Sunk Sands the wind died to nothing and we had to start the engine
It made sense to keep the power on until we cleared the waypoint at Fisherman's Gat and turned south towards the North Foreland.
We were reaching along nicely playing dodgems with the shipping until the wind died off the headland. We jilled about and sure enough it came back but from an entirely different direction!
That left us with a beat down to Ramsgate whence we arrived to find the paddle steamer Medway Queen exiting under tow...
We also encountered half a dozen environmentally friendly high speed catamarans on their way back from servicing the offshore wind farms!
Into Ramsgate in the end we sorted ourselves out after a very decent if moderately challenging passage
Jane cooked us dinner and then we went in search of a decent pint. That mission proved successful so we had a second!
The weather doesn't look good from tomorrow evening for a couple of days so we're unsure of our plans for tomorrow. The default option is to nip down to Dover
I was, despite the jam, very happy to find that with the new batteries the voltage drop problem we previously had is no more
We had an excellent sail off the wind down the Whitaker and past the Barrow down to the South West Sunk. Poling out the genoa worked better than ever after I rigged a downhaul onto the pole to stop it kicking up.
However, the instant we turned to port to cross the swatchway over the Sunk Sands the wind died to nothing and we had to start the engine
It made sense to keep the power on until we cleared the waypoint at Fisherman's Gat and turned south towards the North Foreland.
We were reaching along nicely playing dodgems with the shipping until the wind died off the headland. We jilled about and sure enough it came back but from an entirely different direction!
That left us with a beat down to Ramsgate whence we arrived to find the paddle steamer Medway Queen exiting under tow...
We also encountered half a dozen environmentally friendly high speed catamarans on their way back from servicing the offshore wind farms!
Into Ramsgate in the end we sorted ourselves out after a very decent if moderately challenging passage
Jane cooked us dinner and then we went in search of a decent pint. That mission proved successful so we had a second!
The weather doesn't look good from tomorrow evening for a couple of days so we're unsure of our plans for tomorrow. The default option is to nip down to Dover
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