Chris Seaduction

Wednesday, 10th July 2019   As our sailing course from Ostend to Harwich is almost 90 degrees across the North Sea the tide would have one full set going east then west so it is not that critical on the…

Monday, 8th July 2019 Middelburg We had a bit of a lie-in this morning, before having a clean and tidy up of the boat ready for our trip home. By the time we finished our chores, everything looked and smelled…

Sunday, 7th July, 2019 We had a very quiet night here, no wind to cause the water to slap as we had when we stopped at Mosselplaat earlier in the trip.  During the night we had a few rain drops,…

Saturday, 6th July, 2019   We woke early and got ourselves ready to leave the harbour around 09:30. We were number two in a five raft on the pontoon.  Chris informed the other boats that we wished to leave at…

Thursday, 4th July, 2019 We had decided to move on to Zierikzee today, so we did not have to leave until around midday, which was as well, as we did not wake up until just before 9. Chris made the…

Tuesday, 2nd July, 2019 We awoke to a fairly bright and breezy morning with lots of clouds scurrying across the sky. After our first cuppa, we went up for a shower and returned for breakfast. Once we had tidied away,…

I have now added WiFi connection experienced at our ports of call. We have a WiFi Repeater available on board to assist in picking up a signal as most sailors are accessing the internet at water level and therefore the…

Sunday 30th June We had a better night’s sleep and didn’t wake until about 08.30. We had said we would leave on the 10.00 bridge lift, so we made ourselves ready and slipped our lines at 09:55. Soon the bridge…

Kortgene to Goes Friday, 28th June, 2019 We had a reasonable night’s sleep, although Carole said that there was definitely some side to side motion at the front of the boat when on a box mooring. We showered and had…

Wednesday, 26th June, 2019 We slipped our lines after breakfast to go in to the Kortgene Delta Marina. Our passage was a total of 1.2 miles. Once outside, Carole called the marina for berthing instructions and we were allocated C14,…

Sunday, 24th June, 2019 We had rather a disturbed night’s sleep on Mosselplaat, due to the wind changing direction and getting up in the night, which caused continuous “slap” from the water on the stern. Unusually it affected Chris more…

Sunday, 24th June, 2019 On Monday morning there was no particular rush to get anywhere, so we had showers on the boat before a nice leisurely breakfast. Chris filled up the water tanks and once off our mooring, we called…

Sunday, 23rd June, 2019 The Harbour Master’s office opened at 08:00 and we were then able to organise and pay for our berth for Saturday and Sunday night. We were put in a Box mooring near the entrance which was…

SATURDAY, 22ND JUNE, 2019 We had a very disturbed night here, which was not unexpected as it is a busy commercial port. After breakfast, etc, we took a leisurely stroll along Ostend’s sea front which was beginning to get busy…

Thursday, 20th June, 2019 We finally made it on to the boat at Ipswich around lunchtime and after a walk into town to get some Euros and last minute bits, we had an early supper and headed up the river…

We are a bit late this year due to family and other activities Now we are off to Ostend and the Nederlands Will post later

RAMSGATE – 17th and 18th August, 2018 We would have liked to have returned to Ipswich today, but with the forecast including a wind of F5-6 with the possibility of a F7, we decided it would be prudent to stop…

17th August, 2018 Carole was up about 07:30 following another disturbed night’s sleep. Note for next trip: ask marina staff to give us a berth away from the Lock and where we would be less likely to be disturbed by…

EASTBOURNE – 14th, 15th and 16th August After a nice hot shower and a change of clothing, we were ready to receive visitors for afternoon tea. It was lovely to see Sally, Tony, Daniel and Bobby and find out what…

DOVER TO EASTBOURNE – 14th August Chris was keen to fill up with fuel before leaving Dover, as we were down to a quarter of a tank. We discovered that the fuel pontoon is just outside the Grenville lock and…

11th August 2018 We woke with a 6.15 alarm and readied ourselves and the boat for a lock-out at 7.00. Once Carole had sorted the lines and stowed away the fenders, she disappeared below decks to prepare our snacks, etc…

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…

Wednesday, 6th June, 2018   We were up just after 7 am and enjoyed our first cuppa of the day before heading up for our morning shower. Once back we had breakfast, then tidied away and prepared ourselves and the…