The bags are packed, the dry stores have been delivered and are ready to load up, the charts and routes and so on have been sorted out, copied onto the small laptop, mobile and GPS.
All that remains is a night at work, grab a few hours sleep and then hit the road. We'll pick up perishable food, milk etc on the way, load everything on board and then I'll need to dive into South Woodham Ferrers to fill up the petrol cans - I could do it at work tonight but a> the quantity is over the limits on an attended forecourt (and I'm the attendant!) and b> I don't much fancy having 40 plus litres of petrol sloshing around in the boot all the way down to Essex.
The forecast is looking quite promising now although it will be a little chilly. Rain is also on the cards but crucially the wind is now predicted to be F3 gusting 4 or occasionally 5 all day (and well into next week). Direction is a bit variable with the wind backing as a low tracks across the south of the country but we should hopefully be able to hold our course for most of the day
On that basis, I've committed to departing early on Saturday morning* and reserved a visitors berth at Ramsgate for Saturday night. Obviously, if there's a drastic change in the weather we will have to abort but otherwise it's all systems go!
* which is actually a commitment to definitely driving down tomorrow - if there was no realistic prospect of getting under way on Saturday I'd rest up tomorrow
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