To have good tides an early start was required and by 0525 we had dropped our lines after a peaceful night on the Orwell. We checked the weather and decided that it would be okay to set off. Sadly there was no wind to speak of so we were motoring. Visibility was not that good and varied throughout the journey.
We have been passed by a couple of small boats on their way to their home ports. We did not take many pictures as the visibility was not good. When the visibility is not good you are very grateful for the AIS as we can track all the larger traffic. We could see a very large boat was coming down the main channel and would pass in front of us. As soon as it passed we turned at right angles to pass through the wash. it was a good job we did. This was some of the worse wash we had encountered.
We had arrived at Queenborough at 12.45 and were totally moored up by 13.30. We were chatting with some other folk as we moored up so it took a little longer. This year we decided to treat ourselves and moored up on the new pier. this meant we could get on and off the boat when we wanted rather than having to rely on the trot boat. There were some Small Ships already at Queenborough and more arrived later. In fact a lot of boats arrived later and we were in a raft of three with rafts on either side of us.
We went for a wander round Queenborough but it was very warm and not comfortable walking. To be honest there is not a lot there. It is just a convenient spot to stop off to travel up the Thames. Later that night we went for a walk along the shore line and round the back. This is obviously where the new cars are imported to. We have never seen so many cars, the car parks went on and on and on.
Sailing information.
45.8 NM, journey time 7 hours 20 minutes
£20 per night on the pontoon (a little less on mooring buoys)
Facilities - nil
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