This'll be a briefy cos I need my bed!
We departed Nieuwpoort at first light near enough and motored out straight across the banks that we'd so assiduously tried to sail around yesterday
Today, of course, conditions were much calmer although there was still an appreciable swell left over from the strong winds earlier in the week
The sun rose, the day warmed up, the wind stayed notable by its absence and we motored on making excellent time
We did, eventually, get to sail for a couple of hours in the middle of the passage but it wasn't to last and whilst we kept the main up we were back to motoring
Crossing the various traffic separation schemes kept boredom at bay until eventually we made our landfall and motored in between Harwich and Felixstowe
Suddenly, of course, we had a decent sailing breeze but it was too late by half. We grabbed the last spot on Ha'penny Pier, made short work of putting a harbour stow on everything and repaired to the Alma for a couple of well earned pints and some grub
Roughly sixteen hours to cross the North Sea on what would have to be described as a milk run apart from an hour or so of very rolly conditions around Long Sand Head
More details in a later post. We need to be under way by eight in the morning back to the Crouch so it's bed time!
We departed Nieuwpoort at first light near enough and motored out straight across the banks that we'd so assiduously tried to sail around yesterday
Today, of course, conditions were much calmer although there was still an appreciable swell left over from the strong winds earlier in the week
The sun rose, the day warmed up, the wind stayed notable by its absence and we motored on making excellent time
We did, eventually, get to sail for a couple of hours in the middle of the passage but it wasn't to last and whilst we kept the main up we were back to motoring
Crossing the various traffic separation schemes kept boredom at bay until eventually we made our landfall and motored in between Harwich and Felixstowe
Suddenly, of course, we had a decent sailing breeze but it was too late by half. We grabbed the last spot on Ha'penny Pier, made short work of putting a harbour stow on everything and repaired to the Alma for a couple of well earned pints and some grub
Roughly sixteen hours to cross the North Sea on what would have to be described as a milk run apart from an hour or so of very rolly conditions around Long Sand Head
More details in a later post. We need to be under way by eight in the morning back to the Crouch so it's bed time!
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