This morning passed quickly enough sorting out ready to go sailing. All the stuff we'd been using for working on the boat needed to be offloaded back into the cars, below decks tidied up and the lockers sorted out ready for sea.
Let go from the pontoon at 14:00 under motor, 20 minutes later we were making 3 knots over the ground on main alone with the engine off and the stiff breeze right up our stern.
Two hours later, we fired up the engine and motor sailed the last mile or so into the Brankfleet. We were hailed by an anchored Trident 24 as we approached the anchorage but couldn't hear a word over the blasted outboard! No idea what the skipper of the yacht wanted to communicate - he may have wanted us to go away or he may be someone I've been in touch with via the web when we were seriously contemplating buying a Trident!
Engine off and lying to anchor at 16:47.
Hoisted the anchor light at 19:30 and let out more scope at 21:40 after the tide had turned before hitting the bunks for an early night in preparation for a long day tomorrow
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