Single Handing

Ben had jumped ship to Maryll and we wanted the car moved to Suffolk Yacht Harbour so I single handed her down from Ipswich and picked Alison up on the visitor's pontoon.

Its really easy. I played a lot with the tiller lashing and got confidant enough to go forward and sort some ropes and take in fenders, etc.

Getting into the lock at Ipswich was a bit fun. Pioneer went in first and Andromeda followed her in to raft up outside. I was to be next outside and Ellen outside me on the other wall. It all went well until Pioneer's bowsprit went drifting across the lock. We all got sorted without a bump.

It was interesting seeing Pioneer raising sail by the Orwell bridge. The crew were standing up on the boom sorting the sails out.