Fog!

[NUTMEG]

Foolishly believed the weather forecast today, so got up at 06:00, drove to boat and out of the marina by 08:00. Bit foggy but the forecast said vis 20,000m, F2 to F3 and clear skies. Got as far as Osea is. and had to pick up a mooring as vis was zero! Spent the whole day there, drinking coffee, and banging a saucepan every minute or so.

Funny thing is we had a great time! Cleaned topsides, did amfew other jobs and went ashore in the tender for a bit then drifted back up Lawling creek with the rising tide.

Reckon us sailors must be nuts! Anyone else sit in the fog for eight hours today?

 

[sailorman]

Foolishly believed the weather forecast today, so got up at 06:00, drove to boat and out of the marina by 08:00. Bit foggy but the forecast said vis 20,000m, F2 to F3 and clear skies. Got as far as Osea is. and had to pick up a mooring as vis was zero! Spent the whole day there, drinking coffee, and banging a saucepan every minute or so.

Funny thing is we had a great time! Cleaned topsides, did amfew other jobs and went ashore in the tender for a bit then drifted back up Lawling creek with the rising tide.

Reckon us sailors must be nuts! Anyone else sit in the fog for eight hours today?

No but had an enjoyable day out yesterday in the sun

 

[Koeketiene]

Sun? Fog?

Lucky buggers - haven't seen daylight in about 3 days - working nights, sleep in the day - by the time I get up, it's getting dark.

Some people... - you've never had it so good

 

[Cantata]

Fog? Bootiful day here on the Kentish Riviera, wall-to-wall sunshine.

 

[AliM]

We were anchored in Pyefleet overnight, and in the morning the visibility was about 20m. By the time we wanted to leave at about 11, we could see 2 or 3 buoys and the banks, but in the 2 or 3 minutes while I was raising the anchor, the fog lifted suddenly and Brightlingsea appeared bathed in sunshine. There were 3 gaffers racing, very sedately in almost zero wind, just past Mersea Stone. We had to motor most of the way, but managed an hour's sailing in the Crouch before the wind died completely. It was totally gorgeous.

The fog reappeared, in dense patches, on the drive home.

 

[NUTMEG]

B****r

Sounds like the fog was centred around my boat!

Still mustn't grumble, nothing is as bad as shift work. Tried it for a year many years ago. The 01:00 to 08:00 was the worst.

 

[Spuddy]

On Sunday morning woke to fog at Queenboro. We had radar, a shallow draft to keep out of the channel and 3 of us so decided to head back up to Hoo. Crawled up there OK but we were the only punters using a foghorn - must have encountered over 20 smaller angling boats, but not a toot from them.

 

[Marmalade]

Thick fog on the Blackwater until 2ish. Pulling a 2 ton mooring barge lifting moorings in 20m vis was an entertaining way of spending a morning. Good job I could remember where the club was...