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…
Eastbourne – Ramsgate
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
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 – Eastbourne
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…
Ipswich to Ramsgate – Dover
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…
Ostend – Home 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…
Veere to Ostend
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…
Sint-Annaland – Veere
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…
Willemstad to Sint-Annaland 2018
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…
Bruinisse to Willemstad
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.…
Bruinisse
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…
Goes – Bruinisse
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…
New AIS Tracker
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
Middleburg – Goes
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…
Ostend – Middleburg
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…
Ostend 2018
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…
Heybridge
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…
False Start
30th May We decided that the best day to leave Ipswich would be Tuesday, 22nd May as the wind was forecast to stop blowing from the east and change to the north east. Our alarms were set at 04:30 to…
Start off 2018
We have been busy over the winter getting Seaduction ready for 2018. We had sent our sails off to be checked and cleaned by our local Sail Maker in November. However due to unforeseen events the Sail Maker could not…