Dover to Ramsgate

 A short trip of about 15 nm. It would be nice to get all the way across the Thames but we couldn’t make that work. I think the way to do it would be to take the last of the ebb around South Foreland and then punch the weak tides inside Sandwich Bay to Ramsgate. I haven’t planned it past there but it might make sense to wait for the next ebb.

Much easier is to take the first of the ebb around South Foreland and all the way to Ramsgate and then stop. Today that meant leaving Dover around 13:30. 

So I spent the morning sorting out the NMEA multiplexing. It all works now, sort of. Techie details on a separate post. Then we had a nice walk along the sea front and break and pate for lunch and filled the diesel tanks and got away about 14:15, dodging Ferries with the help of Dover Port Control.

The wind was NNE – roughly what had been forecast but felt more like F4 than F3. We had to beat but once past Deal a few long boards were all that was needed and the sailing was truly delightful.

We got into Ramsgate around 18:30 and got Robinetta ready to be left for a week, checked in at the Marina Office and went to look for dinner. We only had 45 minutes before our bus to the train station but the Little Ship Café did us proud.