Met Sue and Howard in the marina. They've brought Victoria down for the run up to Southwold. We both decide to leave about 8am. We end up going out first but they soon catch us up - Victoria is a real racing boat - built for the police in the 19th century.
We meet lots of boats coming out of the Orwell and a few more join up at the Deben.
Everyone passes us but we still get into Southwold nice and early with the young flood. Given all we read in the pilot its a bit of an anti-climax.
It should have been a really enjoyable trip, but I'm worrying about the jib and then we start taking on more water than we ever did before. In the harbour Pete Thomas takes a look and is sure she's just taking up after being out of the water. We decide to relax.
Made very welcome in the Southwold Sailing Club, especially by the Harbourmaster Colin, who will be in charge of the racing tomorrow.
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