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I should start by congratulating him on successfully sailing his Moody31 Capricious all the way from the Clyde to Titchmarsh. A grand effort. I had the pleasure (?) of crewing from Whitby.

This morning he ran aground just outside Lowestoft. Welcome to the East Coast Paul:D:D
 
Welcome to the (real) East Coast Mr Pilot.

A 'messy bottom' is a fact of life rather than and exception :rolleyes:

If I may suggest a re calibration of your sounder might be worthwhile, it will get plenty of use ;)
 
Thanks for the welcome - and yes, there is a groove on a sandbank outside Lowestoft that is all mine. My echo sounder over-reads by 0.4 metres, and yes, I'll fix that!

I figure we've done about 750 nm all the way; we came via the Caledonian Canal. My friend, Jim, crewed the whole way round, with help from Calli (Mrs AntarcticPilot) up to Dunstaffnage, and from MoodySabre from Whitby. We've had various small adventures; enough to make the trip memorable! I may well write the trip up; I'll post on here if and when I do. A few photos are available here.

Capricious is now at Titchmarsh Marina, on F pontoon (she may move from the berth where I left her, as the presence of a wide-beamed boat next to the berth assigned meant I couldn't put her where I expected). I expect I'll be around from time to time! I need to repair a couple of dings in the gel-coat, and she needs a bit of a clean up after the long passage. We will slowly explore out from there, getting used to single-figure depths!
 
MoodySabre said:
I should start by congratulating him on successfully sailing his Moody31 Capricious all the way from the Clyde to Titchmarsh. A grand effort. I had the pleasure (?) of crewing from Whitby.

This morning he ran aground just outside Lowestoft. Welcome to the East Coast Paul:D:D
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I'm sure you really enjoyed dodging the Oil rig support vessels off the Humber!
 
AntarcticPilot said:
Thanks for the welcome - and yes, there is a groove on a sandbank outside Lowestoft that is all mine. My echo sounder over-reads by 0.4 metres, and yes, I'll fix that!

I figure we've done about 750 nm all the way; we came via the Caledonian Canal. My friend, Jim, crewed the whole way round, with help from Calli (Mrs AntarcticPilot) up to Dunstaffnage, and from MoodySabre from Whitby. We've had various small adventures; enough to make the trip memorable! I may well write the trip up; I'll post on here if and when I do. A few photos are available here.

Capricious is now at Titchmarsh Marina, on F pontoon (she may move from the berth where I left her, as the presence of a wide-beamed boat next to the berth assigned meant I couldn't put her where I expected). I expect I'll be around from time to time! I need to repair a couple of dings in the gel-coat, and she needs a bit of a clean up after the long passage. We will slowly explore out from there, getting used to single-figure depths!
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I very much doubt it :friendly_wink:
 
AntarcticPilot said:
Give me a chance - I only arrived on Thursday! The Deben is "on the list" - I'm interested in seeing Sutton Hoo from the sea, as no doubt the kings buried there saw it.
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How long did the trip take you? I'm interested as I'm sailing to Ipswich from Milford Haven in West Wales in July.
 
DennisF said:
How long did the trip take you? I'm interested as I'm sailing to Ipswich from Milford Haven in West Wales in July.
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We took three weeks, leaving on Thursday 24 March, and arriving on Thursday 14 April. We could have been a little quicker; we had to build in a delay to allow MoodySabre to join us at Whitby, and we spent a couple of extra days at Inverness and at Eyemouth (the latter inadvertently; we hadn't realized that the fuel dock was inaccessible at low water!). Also we took several rest days after long passages. The actual number of "sailing days" was 14, if I've counted correctly. but one of those was an overnight passage and three were long passages that started or ended after dark.

By the way, I did contemplate coming via the Irish Sea; the distance is much the same either way. But I decided against it because of my lack of familiarity with that coast (I sailed on the East Coast of Scotland and on the Humber as a teenager), and concern about the wide open spaces of the Western Approaches, especially early in the season.
 
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AntarcticPilot said:
We took three weeks, leaving on Thursday 24 March, and arriving on Thursday 14 April. We could have been a little quicker; we had to build in a delay to allow MoodySabre to join us at Whitby, and we spent a couple of extra days at Inverness and at Eyemouth (the latter inadvertently; we hadn't realized that the fuel dock was inaccessible at low water!). Also we took several rest days after long passages. The actual number of "sailing days" was 14, if I've counted correctly. but one of those was an overnight passage and three were long passages that started or ended after dark.

By the way, I did contemplate coming via the Irish Sea; the distance is much the same either way. But I decided against it because of my lack of familiarity with that coast (I sailed on the East Coast of Scotland and on the Humber as a teenager), and concern about the wide open spaces of the Western Approaches, especially early in the season.
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Thanks. I've budgeted 2 weeks to go from Milford to Scillies and along the South Coast. Distance is less than your trip, but it sounds like I'll have to have good weather to achieve it. Here's hoping :-)
 
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