Month: July 2018

25 July Ostend to Ipswich Carole slept like a log and woke just before the alarm went off at 5.15 am. The kettle went on for our first cuppa, while we had a quick wash and got dressed. While Chris…

24th July We awoke about 7.30 and after a cuppa and biscuit headed to the yacht house facilities for a shower. We thought we would head off around midday but the French boat we were rafted up on said they…

22nd July 2018   We readied ourselves slowly this morning. We decided to leave at 11:00 after Chris had topped up our water tanks and taken the rubbish up. There was no wind so nice and easy out of the…

19 – 21 July Seaduction was not particularly comfortable in her over-sized box mooring (and neither were we, as it was quite bouncy being close to the entrance) so we decided to ask the Harbourmaster if he had a more…

19th July It was another hot day but luckily there was a slight breeze. We decided to leave about midday and get some fuel before we headed off. We slipped our lines and made our way to the fuel pontoon.…

17th July We paid a visit to the marina office and paid our dues plus bought laundry tokens, then after a cuppa and something sweet, Carole headed off to the laundry room and with the help of the machines transformed…

17th July We awoke to another beautiful day and after our usual morning routine we got ourselves ready for the 10 o’clock bridge lift. On the dot of 10, the bridge lifted and we followed an Italian-flagged yacht through the…

I have added an additional AIS Tracker to “Live AIS Tracking” Page.  Please let us know if this is better then the first Marinetraffic App.   Chris

Sunday 15th July Middleburg to Goes There was no need to set an alarm, so we woke when we awoke and after showers and breakfast and a brief stroll, we got ourselves ready to take the 11:00 bridge out of…

Saturday, 14th July Ostend to Middleburg We set off at 10:15 to make sure we got the tidal push at Breskens.  The tide here runs at 4-5 kn and pushing against this is not fun.   The wind was forecast F1-3…

Wednesday, 11th July   We slipped our lines at 17:00 from Ipswich and made our way out through the lock.  Our place for the night was a mooring buoy off Levington for the night.  This saved us from having to…