May. 8, 2007 - Another trip up the Deben!

Before we ventured out, we had a meeting with Andy (the commissioning engineer) to pick up from where we had left off on Friday. We had a few snags to discuss with him, but the biggest issue was the incredibly tight berth we are in and the fact that we had damaged the boat trying to get out on Sunday. Andy said he agreed, we had a sod of a berth and given the wind over the last day or so, it was hardly surprising we didn’t want to take the boat out again.

Andy has said he will try and find us a better berth, as even he had difficulty in getting the boat into it. He has even said that he will get our damage fixed as a “warranty issue” ie. at no cost to us. Well, you can’t say fairer than that!

The forecast for today was - quote :-

“Force 5 to 6, increasing to 7, Gale Force 8”.

And that says it all!. So that is how we did the Deben again – by car! Eventually ended up at Felixstowe Ferry, where we went for a good long walk and finished up having cake and tea in a quirky little café.

Not much sailing, but a good holiday so far.