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Whilst Harwich to the Medway is possible the time of the tides would have meant an extremely early start and the forecast was for strong Southwesterly winds Saturday afternoon. We…

We left Lowestoft at 06.30 to catch the tide South along the coast. Having an even earlier start from Wells the previous morning we decided on a little later departure…

Amble marina is behind a tidal cill, so we either had to leave very early or wait until about 3.30 in the afternoon. We took the later option which gave…

Before leaving Eyemouth a local recommended setting a tripping line on the anchor as many yachts end up with there anchors fouled at Holy Island. When anchoring I had set…

Sorry about the delayed posts. I have been having trouble uploading photos to the website. I suspect it has been due to slower than normal mobile data speeds. Another landmark…

After our night moored on the wall outside the fish marked we set off about 07.30 with very little water under our keels. We picked our way out through the…

After the very uncomfortable ride to Stonehaven we expected much of the same moving on to Arbroath. The breeze was SW again, dead on the nose, but a bit lighter…

We set off from Peterhead with a favourable tide, but yet again a Southerly breeze dead on the nose. The wind against tide built the sea into a very uncomfortable…

We departed Whitehills harbour and set off along the North facing coast, again with many small harbours along the way. Another day of very little wind to start with, but…

Leaving Wick we set out with the light breeze behind us giving a bit of a role. Not enough wind to get us to Helmsdale at a reasonable time so…