The BBQ summer certainly hasn't kicked off yet!
With M off dinghy sailing with Sea Cadets, we have C and her friend L along.... it was noticeably quieter than normal!
After arriving Friday arounf 21h00, we soon settled in for the night, and awoke Saturday to a clear but breezy day.... after procrastinating for a few hours, we finally locked out around 11h30, into a stiff breeze.... as we got out into the Stour proper, its was blowing 25kts and gusting a bit more... a good solid F5, touching 6, so we decided to stay in the river.... which proved a good call... it was Pin Mill Thames Barge match, so we motored slowly up the river, carefully avoiding the barges tacking against the wind and tide, getting some great photos in the process.... and by the time we almost reached the Orwell bridge, we turned round, hoisted a bit of genny, turned the engine off, and had a brilliant sail back down the river to Shotley.... we were only out for 2.5hrs, but it was a good 2.5hrs....
We then enjoyed a good meal onboard, and had an evening of card games and chat, followed by watching 'Hancock' on DVD...
Sunday was worse...
Not only was it equally as windy, but it was raining too.... so SWMBO and the girls ventured off into Ipswich shopping while I got on with a few jobs...
The ball bearings were fitted to the boom car... a great tip from YBW... I used shaving foam to keep them in place as they were inserted one by one.... and then a quick wash out, and the foam was gone... worked beautifully..
And then I started plumbing in the Watermaker.... well on the way by the time the girls got back... more on that later...
We packed up and set off home... not great weather, but still an enjoyable weekend...
Miles logged 13nm
Miles this season 351nm
Miles since this blog started 4,248nm
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