Oct. 23, 2007 - cold but clear

Another stunning day....

Yesterday (monday) was a bit of a wash out.... cold, wet and no wind.... C celebrated (and proved her age categorically) by staying in bed until 15h00, while SWMBO and I sat on the boat, read, drank beer, ate an excellent curry, and generally wasted the day away with great satisfaction.... M was less than impressed, but somewhat placated by promises of being allowed to fish tommorrow...

So upon awaking this morning, I was delighted to see a clear blue sky, gentle 9 to 13kts of breeze, and very little traffic about.... so we slipped out, sailed up the Orwell, stopped at Pin Mill for lunch and generally just idled... perfect...

Only mistake of the day was in the lock on the way back in, where I suggested that M could slip the stern line upon leaving.... we had the wind blowing us on, and I didn't make it clear that he needed to pull the stern in when the bow had slipped free to allow us to spring off... my mistake, which only resulted in us bumping along the fenders until we were able to slip clear.... nothing serious!

Autumn seems to have arrived with vengance though.... bitterly cold.... the season is nearly over.

Miles logged 10nm

Miles this season 1,140nm

Miles since this blog started 2,937nm