Having missed out on last weekend's balmy, unseasonal weather, this week promised a return to more typical seasonal conditions. For once, I had company, and spent the whole day crewing (enjoying the view), which was a great pleasure!
Winds, NW, starting off at F4 gusting F5, but gradually decreasing during the day. There was some rain, but most of the threatening clouds passed west of us.
We took the tide out of the Orwell, and motor sailed up the Stour to a lunchtime anchorage near Erwarton Ness. After lunch, a pleasant run through Harwich harbour was followed by motor sailing against the last of the ebb to the mouth of the Orwell, when we raised the main, eventually unreefed, for the remainder of the trip, including a pleasant beat back up the Orwell.
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| 19.4nm; Season's total: 560.2nm |
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| River Stour, eastbound. |
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| I'm not sure this lunchbreak quite went to plan... |
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| Port tack on the Orwell, winds decreasing... |
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| A run down the Stour... |
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