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Coming back from Fambridge we decided to cruise in company with Quiet Days, a classic bermudan that has a mooring in West Mersea. It was yet another early start to work the tides, so we were off the pontoon at 0605. It did feel too early after the night before, and with dreary weather all day the trip back felt very long. The only high point was taking pictures of Quiet Days while they took pictures of us.

After coming through the Spitway we separated from Quiet Days, since she could point much higher than us on the beat up the Blackwater. We furled the jib rather than fight with the port winch, and ended up motor sailing with double reefed main and stay sail. The wind over tide was pretty horrible too; not the best sail of our lives!

We were back on our mooring at 1245 after a tiring trip, so we got the bed back out and went to sleep again. I think I'm glad that the Crouch rallies are over for this year!