Ben joined us for the classics this year. It was Mersea Week and a fairground was using up the car parking space at West Mersea Marine so we thought about some alternatives. It seemed like a good idea to have a car at Ipswich so Alison drove up and Ben and I sailed Robinetta. The outboard failed us completely but it was a nice row in Worm. We had a lovely sail as far as Walton pier but then lost the wind and motor sailed in. We had some rain as far as Wolverstone then it cleared up. I tried to make it look like we were sailing as we passed as the WOA were having a barbecue there and I wanted to show Robinetta off. I don't know if anyone was looking.
Alex came up in the car with Alison and had a look round the Ipswich Maritime Festival. It feels odd that a town should create a whole event around our silly Sunday regatta. He went home on the train. Alison generated some amusement talking about Robinetta's 'wobbly bitts'.
It was Rely's 100th birthday and the crew treated us as the Last Anchor. A fine start to the week. Happy Birthday Rely.
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