Sunday dawned cloudy and breezy.
Had a chat with the folks of Laurin, fellow YBW forumites
Knowing we needed to get away by late afternoon, it was a day for local exploring so we unloaded most of the kit into the car and got underway at 10:10 and headed upriver in a gusting and shifty roughly Southerly breeze. With the sails up and engine off by 10:30, we went round as far as Brandy Hole before turning back downriver, not without a couple of slightly exciting moments in amongst the moored boats when the wind headed us at just the wrong moment!
Sailing back down through the moorings at Fambridge, we started the engine and dropped the sails before motoring back onto our mooring at 12:15. A short but somewhat exciting sail in, for us at least, tricky conditions.
After a leisurely lunch on board, we put everything to bed and called for the ferry ashore. Leaving Fambridge about 15:00, we were home by 17:15 although it was a stressful drive in the heavy rain - it was definitely a good move to make an early getaway!
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