The first job was to get out of our mooring. The boat on the outside of the raft new that we and the next boat along wanted to be off by 06.30. We had a difficult mooring to get out of, both plan a and plan b had been well discussed. A gentleman on another raft asked if we had a bow thruster. No said I but I do have a husband and a plan. I'm pleased to say the plan worked and we got off quite well. As be passed the gentleman he did say well done and that he didn't think we'd get out of that tight spot.
Once on the River Medway and approaching the mouth of the Thames, things began to get a bit lively. In the log I have written " Horrendous - wind, rain. Hard for John to steer a course." I must admit I did ask John if he wanted to turn back. However by 0900 the weather had greatly improved. So although it was a grey day we were making good progress up the Thames. We were passed by some of the Small Ships that were with us overnight in Queenborough.
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The weather then decided to get worse, a lot worse and as we went through the Thames Barrier we were in the middle of a thunder storm that got worse by the minute. Despite the weather we knew we were safe and the end was near.
We heard the Massey Shaw coming up the River. When we had talked to them at Ipswich they had said they would wave to us as they passed us on the Thames. They did and it was good to see them.
It was good to reach Limehouse, the lock keeper was so friendly despite the weather. We quickly got tucked into our corner, which was our home for the next week. It was good to dry out, we took a lot of drying out.
Sailing Information
39.7 NM logged. 7 hours 4mins
Long walk to facilities but they are clean.
Small laundrette
Friendly staff
5 mins from DLR, so quite central and much cheaper than St Kats
£339.15 for 7 nights
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