Departing Rye

Yvonne (Kajan) had kindly offered to help get Robinetta to Ramsgate where we would be only a day from home. When Alison's brother-in-law Pete wanted to come, Yvonne asked if she was needed as she had meant to go to another rally.
 

The revised plan was to pick Pete up in the car and drive to Rye, sail to Ramsgate, have some sleep and then move onto the heritage pontoon in the inner harbour when the gate openned. Then we could go back to bed until the trains started running, get to Rye to pick the car up and go home.
 

We got to Rye in good time and went to the harbour where we bought a VHF antenna to replacd the one that mysteriously disappeared somewhere near Beachy Head. I set it up in the cabin and it worked well.

 

I helmed us down the river Tillingham while Pete took pictures. When we got to the Rother I gave the tiller to him and put the bowsprit out and stowed the warps and fenders. We got into the bay at 13:45, 22 minutes before high water. Perfect. The flood had stopped and exit was easy.

I was sorry to leave Rye, with the International Jazz Festival in full swing and the Raft Race due to start and a great looking fair on the green. If Alison had been with me, we might have left it another day, or week, or ...