The second trip of a long weekend. A cruise had regrettably been out of the question due to inclement conditions yesterday and easterly winds the day before. Winds today were much kinder, F3/4 SW veering S. With all sails hoisted, the plan was to use the lunchtime flood, the target being Ipswich Docks.
It was good to sail under the magnificent Orwell Road Bridge and then glide past the two docked ships. Winds are always flukey in the harbour with plenty of high objects to deflect and funnel the air. Tacking back downstream was, therefore, an inconsistent experience until back under the bridge.
Unlike Saturday, the outboard remained truly untroubled even though winds were rather livelier as I returned to the mooring. The view of Pin Mill above showed some stronger southerly gusts blowing across the river. This made the eventual business of picking up the mooring strop rather trickier than usual, so I pulled down the main and used jib and mizzen to swing the boat into the wind at the appropriate point. There's a technique to this which I'm not certain was convincingly demonstrated today!
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Unlike Saturday, the outboard remained truly untroubled even though winds were rather livelier as I returned to the mooring. The view of Pin Mill above showed some stronger southerly gusts blowing across the river. This made the eventual business of picking up the mooring strop rather trickier than usual, so I pulled down the main and used jib and mizzen to swing the boat into the wind at the appropriate point. There's a technique to this which I'm not certain was convincingly demonstrated today!
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