Easy Passage

Away at 03:50 in the dark. It was eerie to see lights behind us as other boats followed us down river, and a huge relief to realise there were two boats ahead that we could follow! (Much easier than following our GPS track back) We copied Charm and took a buoy at Felixstowe Ferry to wait for sunrise and have a cup of tea. By the time we'd finished it we were at the back of the fleet leaving the Deben but it was really easy getting over the bar just after high water. We motored to Landguard as the wind was virtually on the nose but we used the staysail to steady her as we had down from Southwold.

Raised sail once in the little ships channel and had a nice sail into Shotley, Rosemary at the helm.

On our berth by 09:00 am having avoided the high winds forecast for later. Three boats in the fleet, Kajan, Constance, and Tabnab (?) decided not to leave the Deben, and motored back to Woodbridge instead.