Littlehampton to Anstruther

[Twister_Ken]

Three boarding school chaps on a boat for while. Title has to be along the lines of 'Buggering Up The East Coast".

 

[dylanwinter]

From Lowestoft to Anstruther is a bit short on marinas anyway if you don't go up the Humber or Tyne! It will be character building; as my crew said to me beating from Wick to Stromness in force 6, "I'm not sure how much character I have left! I trust you boarding school boys have plenty!

marinas of the east coast

where can I start?

Burnham, Orwell, Lowestoft, Humber, Wear, Tyne, Hartlepool, Amble, Seaham, lots and lots of great shelter along the East Coast - it is far from being the god forsaken place some think it is

then there are the delightful places.

D

 

[wully1]

If there are lots of easterlies about at departure time then why not turn right and head up the Irish Sea and through the Forth&Clyde canal ? If you stay out to sea then you'll still have the coastal delights to enjoy on the way home...

 

[EdWingfield]

Are you on AIS?
What boat name?

 

[chinita]

That confused me as well. In spite of what I've heard before nobody, including Aberdeen CG seemed to know "Ainster".

Well, blow me down with a wet haddock:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Ainster.ogg

 

[dylanwinter]

Are you on AIS?
What boat name?

not on AIS

but.....

we do have radar

www.youtube.com/watch?v=20rQ2j0pBrk



and I will put up a blog every time the dongle lets us

as for boarding school boys and buggery

it is funny how wussy mummy's boys who went to day school seem to beleive that boarding school was little more than seven years of one continuous homosexual orgy

 

[MagicIsland]

The hardest thing will be not to call into Wells.....once you do you know you will not want to leave again

 

[MagicIsland]

And don't go too close to Dover harbour walls or you'll get nicked by Port Control. I seem to remember that they want you at least one mile off unless you are going in.

Yes we did Littlehampton to Wells last September and Dover did want us to pass the entrance at least 1 mile out, not the best as the sea was quite rough 1/2mile+ offshore !

 

[dylanwinter]

The hardest thing will be not to call into Wells.....once you do you know you will not want to leave again

wells never lets you go

two winters and three breakdowns for me

D

 

[zzyyxx]

the idea is to take food for six days and only come ashore of the weather turns horrible

Am I the only one thinking this sounds like an optimistic pace for a Centaur?

 

[dylanwinter]

Am I the only one thinking this sounds like an optimistic pace for a Centaur?

probably not the only one

it is better to travel in hope than not at all

if we can average four knots that is 100 miles a day

at least two of the three of us could do with losing some weight

 

[Iliade]

probably not the only one

it is better to travel in hope than not at all

if we can average four knots that is 100 miles a day

at least two of the three of us could do with losing some weight

That's just what you need. Simply station the off-watch party on the windward rail and keep all the rags up. WCPGW?

 

[dylanwinter]

That's just what you need. Simply station the off-watch party on the windward rail and keep all the rags up. WCPGW?

off watch will sleep on the upside

 

[lpdsn]

That's just what you need. Simply station the off-watch party on the windward rail and keep all the rags up. WCPGW?

If Dylan can heel her enough to keep one of the keels permanently out of the water it should reduce the drag.

 

[Searush]

off watch will sleep on the upside

Have you fitted a lee cloth then?

 

[dylanwinter]

quarter berths

Have you fitted a lee cloth then?

Centaur has quarter berths both sides

but I think that the weight of one slumbering bloke will not make that much difference

 

[Kurrawong_Kid]

Methinks Burnham and Orwell are south of Lowestoft and diversions into the Humber and Tyne will add distance, but true Hartlepool, Amble or RNYC at Blyth are marina options. Quite agree that there are delightful places on the East Coast but I'm not so sure there is lots and lots of great shelter along the East Coast. Not if it blows hard from the East there isn't! I've sailed it.

marinas of the east coast

where can I start?

Burnham, Orwell, Lowestoft, Humber, Wear, Tyne, Hartlepool, Amble, Seaham, lots and lots of great shelter along the East Coast - it is far from being the god forsaken place some think it is

then there are the delightful places.

D

 

[Kurrawong_Kid]

If there are lots of easterlies about at departure time then why not turn right and head up the Irish Sea and through the Forth&Clyde canal ? If you stay out to sea then you'll still have the coastal delights to enjoy on the way home...

Good idea that man!

 

[dylanwinter]

Methinks Burnham and Orwell are south of Lowestoft and diversions into the Humber and Tyne will add distance, but true Hartlepool, Amble or RNYC at Blyth are marina options. Quite agree that there are delightful places on the East Coast but I'm not so sure there is lots and lots of great shelter along the East Coast. Not if it blows hard from the East there isn't! I've sailed it.

never seen the place myself so I bow to your local knowledge

 

[prv]

off watch will sleep on the upside

Centaur has quarter berths both sides

but I think that the weight of one slumbering bloke will not make that much difference

You're only planning to let one person sleep at a time, then? Glad I'm not coming with you after all

One watch in three is sustainable indefinitely (done it for three weeks on Stavros, and professional seafarers do it their whole careers) but two in three sounds like no fun at all.

Pete