A good night's sleep in the flat calm of a forecast F4/5 with not so much as a ripple on the water meant a fairly late state to today's tidying up activities.
With the last of our gear off, we cleaned the boat from stem to stern, shut down the fuel and electrics, stowed the shore power lead and made ready for the off
Rik and I undertook a diversion upriver on the ferry to remove the genoa from a friend's boat so it can be lifted out next week then Rik headed homeward whilst Mark and I move Brigantia onto her mooring
A slight hiatus ensued when we discovered the mooring strop had wrapped itself around the riser under the buoy several times but we sorted it out and then cleaned all the weed off the decks!
It remained only to close all vents and hatches, take down the ensign and call for the ferry ashore. The end of a fascinating, challenging and satisfying trip. Enjoyable? For a given value of joy yes! But hell's teeth was it chilly!
Well done indeed... I'd be mightily chuffed if I'd pulled that off myself...
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