Not Quite Time to Go Home ‘Sanderling’ & The Fleet

12th May

Harwich to West Mersey

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Rob Kemp’s brilliant way of stowing the flapping stack a pack on the main sail…

www.kempsails.com

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Off the Gunfleet Sands heading south

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And a mooring buoy in West Mersey

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for a couple of nights

14th May

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‘Talisker 1’ photographed from ‘Sanderling’.  We sailed from West Mersey to Orford Ness Lighthouse before sailing south to Orford Haven to meet and then sail to the Orwell with Orford SC Cruisers. 65+ NM today ..  Lovely to be out on the water

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Supper in The Lightship, Suffolk YH and joined by daughter Hannah and Dom

15th May

No longer a single hander today.  Hannah and Dom had chosen a fairly cool day to sail with me to Orford

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‘Talisker 1’ off Shotley R Orwell

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‘Sanderling’ as seen from ‘Talisker 1’

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Hannah at the helm

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‘Sanderling’ & Languard NC

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Dom at the helm

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‘Caveat’ and ‘Sanderling’

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Not the warmest day for my daughter …

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Hove too to let them catch up.  ‘Caveat’ off Woodbridge Haven

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and now ‘Sanderling’

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The Ore

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Hannah and Dom are back to London and Sally is at Orford quay to take them to their car…

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Back on her mooring ….

Sailing since the 30th April to test the systems

 

 

 

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