Day 11 - Yealm River
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We headed out from our blocked in berth, we were the first on the
pontoon of five yachts deep, at 11:35PM Wednesday the 30th of July and headed
for Yealm River 50:18.62N 4:03.23W Everyone around us said we were mad to go, in fact we did not get one vote
of confidence and a dozen calls to boot once we made it out past the breaking
bar just so all the other wooses can be told what it is like out in the big
blue sea. Well let me tell you it was a huge swell but the wind was a lovely F4
about 16 Knt’s so great for the sail down the coast. The only catch this
time was we had to hold off our departure so we had a flood tide to stop the
bar breaking across the entrance to the estuary. This meant we were against
tide on the way down but we were in not to much of a hurry. We sailed for 4 hours into the most hidden of all river’s,
believe me without all of the fancy aid’s to navigation we have onboard I
would never of known it was there. Once in we picked up a buoy next to another
estuary locked vessel who were waiting for a weather window and settled down
for dinner. Sausage Stew it was, a good hearty meal after a days sailing. The
minute we downed it we were into the tender and off to the local sailing club
for some fine ale. If it weren’t for the 20 questions from the commodore
of the yacht club and Fiona taking an instant dislike to the man we would of
stayed another night at £5.20 for a pint of beer and a large glass of wine.
Typical snot nose yachties, we were told members only unless you had a yacht. I
guess it was a shock to him that I was not 80 not out and pipe smoking when I
told him Fi and I sailed in to this place. The morning brought the rain and a lot of uncertainty as we did not
know if we were safe to leave. Seeing we decided that we did not like the
people we encountered the night before we happily struck sight seeing off the
agenda and decided to head out in the poring rain. For the record it was pissing down, I wish the pictures would really do
it justice but they can not. Anyhow again we waited for the flood tide and
headed out in to the unknown……………….. Day 011 Destination – Traveling Direction – Wind Direction – South South West (Light breeze about
F4(15Knt’s)but huge sea state) Average Speed 4.0 Knots (Planning Speed) Top Speed 7.4 Knots Over Ground Total distance 17.3 Nautical Miles Travel Time 4.31 Hours Crew - Fiona (Not Loving it) Missing Work - I do not think So Expenses - £14.5 Mooring fees $48 Fuel + £12.80 (Most expensive milk
and bread known to man) Next Destination - |
