Securité

We left on the end of the ebb at 4:30 am. Turned the VHF to channel 16 at the harbour wall. Immediately we got the dreaded Securité, Securité, Securité from Yarmouth Coast Guard. Gale force 8 in Thames and Dover expected soon. We turned round and went back in.

No-one else had heard it. Pete called them on the VHF and confirmed. Most people secured the boats and organised transport, planning to return in a day or two.

I checked my diary and found it clear enough that it made sense to wait on the boat. Walked into town and picked up email at the Swan and then came back to work with the laptop, planning to swap today's holiday for tomorrow. Managed about half a day solid. Also tried Clive on Quintet's ladder to fix the jib halyard but too windy.

Leak seems well under control, stop worrying about it.