I had a lazy morning while Julian fretted about the electronics,
then we hauled up the anchor and sailed off under stay sail. We
raised the main and let out the jib, and had a lovely sail to Harwich
were we went onto the pontoons at Halfpenny Pier.
We had the engine on the whole time to charge the batteries, and
were glad of it as we were sailing on starboard tack, and the
inevitable pumping began after ten minutes. Hopefully, sometime in
the next two and a half weeks this will stop as the seams close up.
After lunch we hopped onto the harbour ferry and went over to
Landguard. This was the first time we had tried this, and were
slightly disappointed at how far away from Felixstowe Town the ferry
dropped us. We had an interesting walk along the foreshore in the
hour before the ferry returned at 15:30.
Mooring at Halfpenny pier is free between 10:00 and 16:00, so our
visit cost nothing (unlike yesterday’s stay at the Neptune Marina).
We set off back to Copperas bay (on port tack this time) and anchored
without incident, or pumping, to spend another peaceful evening.
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