We left Brightlingsea just before eleven on Sunday morning and bashed our way out of the Colne and past the Colne Bar into the teeth of a fairly stiff Southerly (just as forecast)
Not surprisingly it was a bit lumpy and Jane got a bit queasy. It took an hour to cover the four and a quarter miles to the Colne Bar buoy under motor. We could probably have taken a short cut across the shallows, as indeed one or two others did ahead of us, but after the previous day's multiple groundings I wasn't taking any chances!
I hoisted the sails on the approach to the buoy and we were soon romping away on a reach. I'd decided to hoist the main with the first reef in and roll away a couple of turns on the genoa to keep things fairly gentle in the 16 to 18 knot breeze but even so we were making good speed.
Jane couldn't get rid of the queasy feeling so went below to put her head down for a while and I enjoyed a fast romp up the Wallet
We covered the 12.5 miles to the Naze Ledge in an hour and three quarters which is the fastest we've ever sailed the length of the Wallet!
We slowed somewhat when we turned onto a near run up towards Harwich and I shook out the reefs to gain a bit more speed.
Jane felt much better when I woke her as we approached the harbour and we decided to head into Shotley for a couple of nights.
We were alongside by half past three after a cracking and very satisfying sail (for me at least). Jane regretted not taking a Kwells before we left though
We had a quiet night aboard and a lazy day in port yesterday. Lunch ashore, a simple meal in the evening and a drink with a fellow East Coast Forum member and not much else to report!
Today we're heading for the Deben, probably all the way to Woodbridge. The forecast over next weekend looks a bit iffy so we're keeping an eye on that and considering our options
Not surprisingly it was a bit lumpy and Jane got a bit queasy. It took an hour to cover the four and a quarter miles to the Colne Bar buoy under motor. We could probably have taken a short cut across the shallows, as indeed one or two others did ahead of us, but after the previous day's multiple groundings I wasn't taking any chances!
I hoisted the sails on the approach to the buoy and we were soon romping away on a reach. I'd decided to hoist the main with the first reef in and roll away a couple of turns on the genoa to keep things fairly gentle in the 16 to 18 knot breeze but even so we were making good speed.
Jane couldn't get rid of the queasy feeling so went below to put her head down for a while and I enjoyed a fast romp up the Wallet
We covered the 12.5 miles to the Naze Ledge in an hour and three quarters which is the fastest we've ever sailed the length of the Wallet!
We slowed somewhat when we turned onto a near run up towards Harwich and I shook out the reefs to gain a bit more speed.
Jane felt much better when I woke her as we approached the harbour and we decided to head into Shotley for a couple of nights.
We were alongside by half past three after a cracking and very satisfying sail (for me at least). Jane regretted not taking a Kwells before we left though
We had a quiet night aboard and a lazy day in port yesterday. Lunch ashore, a simple meal in the evening and a drink with a fellow East Coast Forum member and not much else to report!
Today we're heading for the Deben, probably all the way to Woodbridge. The forecast over next weekend looks a bit iffy so we're keeping an eye on that and considering our options
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