Thursday 4 August 2011

The last day

We have just finished cleaning and making the vessel generally shipshape for the next crew. It is raining. Hard. The defrosting of the freezer required the heating of the cabin to a ridiculous high temperature, so we have retreated to the charthouse whence this blog is issued.


Today we had a short hop from Wrabness on the Stour to Ipswich (a surprisingly busy commercial harbour). Coming up the Orwell, we were forced to keep over to port and to sail between extensive moorings and the passing freight ships. This was slightly more difficult due to the effect of the tide though what Michael thought might be an “abandon ship” moment proved to be a pass of a port marker (very – Ed.) fine on the starboard beam.

As the weather had deteriorated since setting off, we anchored half way to have bacon sandwiches and to plan lunch.

We are now dab hands at mooring alongside jetties: a skill which was essential in the busy lock for the marina. It is rewarding to see how we have improved over the week whilst having so much fun.

We (Michael and Sam) would like to thank Ian and Ian – the permanent crew – for being so understanding and helpful: it has been an excellent week.

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