A not particularly early start to today saw us pop up into Tollesbury village for some essential supplies and then taking another look at some future possibilities before setting out at spot on midday as planned
Actually, I reckon we could have scraped our way out perhaps twenty minutes earlier but the gauge showed 4 feet over the cill giving us a foot or so in hand.
There was barely a breath of wind at first but we hoisted the main anyway for the show of the thing. As we motored past West Mersea the wind started to kick in and we set the genoa and killed the engine.
Soon enough we were cracking along at a good pace and it just got better and better. We reached all the way up the Wallet at over 6 knots over the ground in grand style even enjoying the afternoon sunshine as we relaxed in the cockpit with barely a tweak of the sails necessary and the tiller pilot doing the work of steering the course
As we approached Harwich we came onto a dead run and intercepted Sirenia falling in astern add they sailed past us under main and spinnaker. They locked up into Shotley ahead of us, Apogee shortly afterwards and we all convened on J pontoon for a drink before eating on board our respective boats and then repairing to the Shipwreck for more drinks and chat
We covered just over 26 miles in 5 hours and 50 minutes which is very respectable indeed. One of our best sailing passages yet and certainly our best run up the Wallet channel
Tomorrow it's up the Orwell to Ipswich
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