Delivery trip - Plymouth to Shotley

[CliveG]

Moved again today.
Played motorboat - no more than 8 knots of wind and that from straight ahead.
Helmed from the saloon with the heating on - I do like to rough it!
Well the auto pilot did most of the steering with the chart plotter's guidance.
Now in Haslar Marina.
My son is now of back to Cambridge.
My school mate joins tomorrow evening.
Sorting a few minor boat jobs in the meanwhile.

 

[MoodySabre]

Moved again today.
Played motorboat - no more than 8 knots of wind and that from straight ahead.
Helmed from the saloon with the heating on - I do like to rough it!
Well the auto pilot did most of the steering with the chart plotter's guidance.
Now in Haslar Marina.
My son is now of back to Cambridge.
My school mate joins tomorrow evening.
Sorting a few minor boat jobs in the meanwhile.

I stopped there. Decent food in the lightship But a bit bouncy on that end of the marina.

 

[nortada]

Shotley - Plymouth - Falmouth (and back) a great trip.

As we kept the boat in Shotley and family lived in Plymouth and Falmouth, for a number of years it was our regular run.

Good winds, safe seas and wishing you a trip to remember.??

 

[Koeketiene]

Good winds, safe seas and wishing you a trip to remember.??

Delivery trips usually are memorable.
It's at that time you start compiling a list of things that need fixing. ☺

 

[CliveG]

Delivery trips usually are memorable.
It's at that time you start compiling a list of things that need fixing. ☺

The list is growing - despite sorting a few out on days in port.

 

[CliveG]

Motor sailed to Brighton on Sunday and sat out the strong easterly winds yesterday.
Off to Eastbourne this afternoon and then planning an early start for Ramsgate on Wednesday.

 

[CliveG]

Now in Sovereign Harbour Eastbourne after a fairly smooth trip.

 

[pks1702]

Weather looks half decent for the next few days.

Hope the trip back continues to plan

 

[nigelm]

Ramsgit tomorrow & Shotley on Thursday then before wind turns against you ……….

 

[CliveG]

Ramsgit tomorrow & Shotley on Thursday then before wind turns against you ……….

Yes
Ramsgate yesterday
Now on the way across to Shotley using the route and timing Tillergirl kindly prepared for me.

 

[tillergirl]

Oh Gawd, a test of my maths

 

[tillergirl]

“At last about tea-time, when land began to loom vaguely to port, to starboard, and also ahead, we realised that we were near the head of Cardigan Bay, two points off course and some forty miles from Holyhead. Currents, the compass, the helmsman, even the navigator book may be responsible for these anomalies.

It is not, however, for the navigator author to accept responsibility for them, or to show surprise, or he may sap what confidence the crew have in him. Attack is the best form of defence. A few remarks about the impossibility of navigating the ship if it is not steered straight will restore his own confidence and subdue and mystify the crew.”

Mostly Mischief: H.W. Tilman, 1966

 

[CliveG]

Oh Gawd, a test of my maths

Well it tested out well.
Left Ramsgate at 09.00.
Route via Fulgers Gat and across the Sunk.
Arrived into Harwich 15.15.
40 miles on the chart.
Thank you again for the help.

Dove now tucked up in her new berth in Shotley.

 

[tillergirl]

Great.

You have had a very successful passage from Plymouth, well done. Very satisfying I am sure. And you have even had some nice weather! Gosh.

 

[MoodySabre]

Great.

You have had a very successful passage from Plymouth, well done. Very satisfying I am sure. And you have even had some nice weather! Gosh.

I bought my boat in Plymouth in April 2006 and got back to Bradwell without getting wet.

 

[Gargleblaster]

I'm doing the reverse trip, although starting in the Medway on Monday week. I don't launch until Thursday and keep looking at the current forecast for NE winds and want to leave now. Actually there are two Invictas leaving the Medway about the same time to get to Plymouth for the Jester Challenge this year. There should be a Varne Folkboat leaving from Levington but Duncan has not nominated yet. Duncan very successfully sailed for over 170 miles last year without a rudder to get to the Azores but he was also towed under sail by another boat for 230 miles.

 

[Gargleblaster]

Had I the speed of a sailing Dove,
close on the wind I would lie.
Back to the arms of my Polly* love,
and in her embrace I could die.

*substitute two syllable name of significant other.

I am assuming it is 'Dove' as in Noah's Ark not 'dove' as in entering the water.