North Frambridge to Shotley

A civilised start at 7:00 for a shower and breakfast on board, then after some photos of the boats and crews we set off in the sunshine and very light winds at 9:15.

It’s about 20 miles down the river Crouch to the sea and it gave us time to get familiar with the boat. It was a full day but an easy ‘sail’ that was mostly motoring to Shotley and we arrived before 18:00. The ship’s log said the best we saw was a 3 knot wind and we travelled exactly 50 miles, but we suspect the log is over reading a bit. It felt a bit odd to berth opposite Fidra, in our home marina and only 10 miles from The Beeches and a nice en-suite.

We have supper on board (discovered Barrie could not eat onions) and after the washing up was done, had a pint with the other crew and go to bed early.