From the centre of Norwich at the Yacht station to the centre of Great Yarmouth, at the Town Hall Quay bidding farewell to the friendly Norwich harbourmaster and stopping en route at the Brundall riverside store for fenders and supplies.
Poor Daniel was ill and in bed and so Di and I crewed the boat and moored up in Yarmouth and I took her to the cinema later. I got up several times in the night to check on the moorings as the tidal rise and fall was very large and the flows very fast, it being a Spring tide and so close to the sea
A reasonable night at Norwich and warmer than of late which then meant that the sleeping bag was too warm for once! Had to give Di a kick this morning but she then made the drinks and went through our routine. The family went shopping whilst I worked on the boat trying to suppress the electrical interference but to no avail. But then I started on the process of updating my charts and made good progress on that. This involves understanding them and being able to use navigational instruments and I was ready for this now that I had finished reading my books. We unmoored and set off at lunchtime, bidding farewell to the friendly harbourmaster as we stopped on the way to get water and give him a tip. He told me of an organisation that is based in Yarmouth and specialises in sending out divers to remove bags from propellers etc and I may yet try to get them to clear my log impeller if I can get round to it.
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We cruised well and then stopped at the riverside shop in Brundall again where I bought two large orange chubby fenders for mooring at the larger quays and Diana got some more supplies for our larder. This was another job for me to do and I spliced on the ropes whilst Diana tended the helm as we cruised on to Yarmouth. Poor Daniel was ill in bed by now and taking no active role in crewing the boat and so it was me and Di that moored at the Town Hall Quay, Great Yarmouth. Once I had made fast, I plucked up courage and made a VHF Radio call on the Yarmouth port channel 12 and sought permission to stay and we settled down for the night. The moorings were a bit rocky with large ship movements further down the channel sending waves along the harbour and I feared for the family for a while in case they got sea-sick but they were all right and quite enjoyed the experience even though Debbie had felt sick earlier through eating too much Easter Egg!
In fact they were fascinated when the Haven Bridge opened to let a large ship called the "Island Dart" through. Daniel was ill in bed with his cold and so we left him to look after the girls this evening and I took Di to the cinema. The film was a bit of a soppy women’s' film, but Diana enjoyed it and I needed the rest. It was so convenient, being moored right in the town centre and the walk to the shops and facilities only took a minute. We had a reasonable night at Great Yarmouth but I did get up several times to check on the moorings as the tidal rise and fall was very large and the flows very fast, it being a Spring tide and so close to the sea.