After being up at about 5.00am and listening to the early forecasts I decided to try and get round to the Wash in one go. An uncomfortable northerly swell compounded with wind-against-tide effects for the first hour or two and the rain was a constant drizzle so we had to have the hood up which made Daniel and Jason sea-sick as a consequence and Steve was also feeling very queasy but I survived.
We enjoyed the latter stages when we could take the north-westerly swell more head on and it died away to give way to a calm spell in the Wash. Daniel and Jason took over the pilotage notes to find our way into the Kings Lynn channel until we moored up at the No2 GOBA mooring buoy where we watched another world cup match on TV this evening between England and Italy for the third place which England narrowly lost 2-1.
On morning, Steve and I were up very early at about 5.00am and listening to the early forecasts. The winds were going to be coming from the west or south-west today but it only seemed that we would get one reasonable day in the warm sector of a depression. I therefore decided to try and get round to the Wash in one go and quickly calculated the tidal information which showed that it was possible if we got going quickly. We aroused the boys and left as soon as we could and the details of the trip are in the log. The weather was passable with winds of Force 4 to 5 from the west to south-west but there was an uncomfortable northerly swell compounded with wind-against-tide effects that made the boat action very uncomfortable for the first hour or two.
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Daniel and Jason ended up sea-sick as a consequence which was unfortunate and Steve was also feeling very queezy. He had made the unwise move of trying to cook a fried breakfast below as we were under way. I was all right and ate the product of his endeavours but I was the only one. We had an unfortunate exit from Great Yarmouth as I had radioed from the Quay for clearance to go out and then was only listening on Channel 16 instead of the harbour channel. As we approached the harbour entrance twenty minutes later, a big ship was coming in as we were trying to go out and a pilot vessel sped out to warn us and we had to turn back for a while!
The actual voyage, timing and navigation worked out very well but for much of the day so that we could not have the hood down and this contributed to the problems of the crew. We enjoyed the latter stages when we could take the north-westerly swell more head on and it died away to give way to a calm spell in the Wash. Daniel and Jason took over the pilotage notes to find their way into the Kings Lynn channel through the buoys and learnt a lot during the process. We moored up at the No2 GOBA mooring buoy and watched another world cup match on TV this evening between England and Italy for the third place which England narrowly lost 2-1 and then we enjoyed a super meal cooked by Steve as an end to the day. I had called Denver Lock-keeper and decided that we could make the direct trip tomorrow up the tidal New Bedford River if we left early enough.