Ramsgate via The Orwell & The Colne

30th April

R Ore, Suffolk

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My next door neighbour!  Our moorings are next to each other!  ‘Tuesday of Ore’ and David Foreman sailing in the river.

3rd May

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Anchored for the night in The Orwell just off the docks

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4th May

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Anchored in the same spot just off Shotley.  Quite different in daylight..

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Heading south down the Wallet

And in to The Colne

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Anchored in Pyefleet Channel for the night

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And then the night after in Brightlingsea Harbour …..

6th May

On passage across The Estuary to Ramsgate

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The Spitway

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This Cruise Liner has just dropped her Pilot off The Foreland and is bound for Bergan

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The Foreland ahead and with the wind dying it was necessary to motor the last 5NM in to Ramsgate where I rafted to two Belgian boats who were wonderfully hospitable.  The harbour was full of a fleet of Belgians racing to Nieupoorte the following day …. leaving 0600.  Little wind was forecast until mid morning and there was a foul tide until 1000.  Rules are rules so thats when the race must start …

 

 

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