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Minka of Southampton - Cruising Log
Edmund Wigan
Thu 11 Mar 2010 19:17
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This is a pretty good marina. The water is flat so
I had a good nights sleep. I went and checked out the facilities which are first
class. Very clean and good hot powerful showers. There is also a
laundry.
I went for a walk around town which is quite
interesting and has a good supermarket.
 Municipal buildingsThese buildings are in very good order until you
walk around the back.
 Back
of the ornate buildingIf you look closely at the photo you will see that
all the windows are broken and rotten. What is that about?
 Looking out to seaThe bridge is quite a fine structure and just tall
enough to get under. It looked very tight with Minka's mast coming up to it but
it says there is 30mts and Minka is only about 20 so that was ok.
As you can see it has been a bit of a gloomy
day.
Tomorrow instead of setting off again I may dry
Minka out on a sandbank I have spotted further up the river. She has not been
out of the water for nearly a year and the sacrificial anode on the propeller
needs checking and probably changing. I may have to paddle a bit as the tidal
range today has only been 1.8 mts and she draws 1.5. However, the tidal range
increases with a maximum of 2.6mts on the 17th before it starts to reduce
again.
I had a look at the google map thingy of here and
when it was taken there was a cloud hanging over the marina so you can't see
Minka's berth.
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