Posts Tagged “England”
Its Saturday and we are still here! It's getting really tedious checking the weather forecast every hour or so, just in case it has changed. The good news is that there appears to be a window to leave on Sunday afternoon. We plan to fuel up and leave Grimsby at 14:30. The wind is forecasted […]
Still stuck in Grimsby … Yesterday's trip to Hull was worth while. Even though it entailed a one and a half hour bus journey each way. It lashed down whilst we were there so a quick retreat to the Hull Maritime Museum was in order. The museum is primarily a tribute to Hull's whaling history, […]
Its our second day stuck in Grimsby. Weather forecast not good for the next few days. Hopefully it will change but it looks like being the weekend at best before we can leave. We need lighter winds than F6 as well as a direction other than SE (which is the way we want to go). […]
Currently safe and sound in Grimsby after a 86 nm trip from Whitby. The original plan had been to do the 160 nm to Lowestoft: the conditions changed so we to decided to use our bale out card and head into Grimsby. Our start from Whitby was via the first bridge opening at 07:00. It […]
After yesterday’s 12 hr run we decided to have a day to recover prior to leaving for Lowestoft tomorrow morning (Tuesday). It’s a 160nm / 30 hr sail so we want to be rested and provisioned. The plan is to leave at 07:00 Tuesday and to arrive Lowestoft on Wednesday afternoon. We have bolt holes […]
Sunday morning arrived with calm winds at last. The previous days 40 knot gusts had disappeared. It was pouring with rain, but all was serene. Leaving Amble marina at 07:30 would allow us to get to Whitby, 65nm away, by evening. Whitby is the jumping off point for the next long leg, 160nm, across The […]
The wind has been gusting at 30 odd knots over the deck most of today so we hunkered down below. Harbour rot has begun to set in so an escape has to be made tomorrow morning. Fortunately the weather forecast is predicting light northerly winds but as I write this at 18:00 it is still […]
Still stuck in Amble with bad weather coming in on Saturday. Looks like it will have gone through by Sunday morning so expect to be on our way by then. We are glad to report that the mainsail button cars have been fixed. The new parts arrived and all worked well. After we finished the […]
We awoke this morning (Thursday) to the rain lashing on the topsides. Quite a contrast compared to the previous evening when we were sipping G+Ts in the warm evening sun. The first time in our cockpit on the whole trip. The morning was spent doing mundane housekeeping jobs before we retired to the local internet […]
We left Eyemouth at 07:00 to head for Amble some 45 nm south. Not only south but in England! It is surprising that of the nearly 1300 nm travelled so far only 200 of them have been in England. The rest being in Wales, the Irish Republic, Northern Ireland and Scotland. After leaving Eyemouth, accompanied […]
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