Just approaching Lowestoft harbour there was a large boat manoeuvring. Joe was carefully directing us first inside as it looked to be heading out, then possibly outsides as it changed direction. In the midst of this serious conversation, I suddenly exploded with excitement. Just in front of me was first Read more…
Sea Paling was one of the coolest places we stayed, at least from an engineering perspective. As part of the sea defences 9 man-made reefs have been built ontop of a pre-existing sand bar to help stop errosion. The first 4, built in 1995, stand 2.8m above high water and Read more…
After an unsuccessful attempt in the morning, where only Islay had managed to get out, we went for a wander down the beach to explore. You could see large sections where the cliff had erroded, it looked like giant lava flows of red and grey mud/clay had slid down to Read more…
We were rigged and ready for 09:00 this morning, a miracle given Stew is not a morning person. Think he forgot almost every piece of kit, circling back about 5 times to get his radio, or camera, or whatever. Despite our best efforts however there was not enough wind to Read more…
We woke this morning to the sound of a boat engine just outside. A crab fisherman, coming to check his pots. Stew sprang into action, launching the dinghy and heading over to do some bartering for dinner. Our first locally sourced seaford, £1 per crab, bargain! Crab being my favourite Read more…
A rolly night at anchor off Holme, so we took it in turns to check the anchor every hour. By 4am it was low water and we were sheltered behind sand bars and could get some sleep. At 11:00 the wind started to fill in, light at first but growing Read more…
We woke this morning to a millpond, we could see the whole reflection of the boat on the surface of the water. Giving into the fact there was no chance in kiting, we instead rigged up a wake-board towline from the handle of an old, very sharp, boat hook and Read more…
No wind in the forecast, and no wind arrived. It was a beautiful day to be on the boat and warm enough to break out the shorts and also the drone. In the afternoon Joe and Stew walked the 3miles into Skegness – meaning beard shapped headland in Norse. It Read more…
The forecast was for light winds, and that’s exactly what we got. Alarms went off at 06:00, which felt early given the late night before – when we’d only gotten off the water at 20:00. We tried first thing but there wasn’t enough. Given we were already in our gear, Read more…
Gale warnings on the shipping forecast and strong winds in the harbour wouldn’t have been our first choice of weather to begin our journey, but we were all itching to get started. So on the tide at 08:30 we left Grimbsy for Cleethorpse, anchoring in the lee of Haile Sand Read more…