SCARBOROUGH TO LOWESTOFT
Off we go again leaving Scarborough and heading down the coast towards Lowestoft we had nice wind for a little while then on came the rain ..we headed to an anchorage at the start of the river Humber the anchorage is called Spurn point.. it was pitch black and getting foggy and the wind really started piping up the run up to this anchorage I didn’t like as the water got a bit messy close to the Spurn head so just be careful about here. We make to the anchorage and drop the anchor in about 40kts of wind the anchor caught straight away...I wasn’t a fan of this anchorage .the Humber rivers water is very dirty the anchorage was turbulent and for me it just seemed exposed...but hey it was only a stopping point for a short time as we had to make tracks as the weather was for changing for the worse... So an early start and of we go bit of a boring sail wind no wind and so on so plans were changing all the time we were for going to Holkham bay but it was exposed as anywhere else so we came on across the coast heading towards Cromer...the Vhf was starting to give thunder and lighting storms and heavy wind it was starting to come earlier than planned ...the tide had changed at Cromer and there was no way I could of pushed against it plus it was getting dark and this place is covered with pots so be careful here.. my plan was just drop the anchor well of the coast and get moving early again with the tide and daylight.. I’ve never felt so exposed the sky looked like we were anchoring at the mouth of hell and the forecasts was to get nasty ...but fingers crossed . We get going early the next morning and headed for a port to avoid the gales that was coming this coast offers no good anchorages in my eyes. We make good time heading towards Lowestoft and the Royal Norfolk and Suffolk yacht club...now Lowestoft entrance I will tell you this and take it serious going in here in the wrong conditions you could get into trouble ...I genuinely came through the entrance sideways so research it and watch conditions. The Royal Norfolk and Suffolk yacht club were absolute brilliant we had some work to be done on the boat and when they heard of our trip and some minor problems they gave us a few free nights which we greatly appreciated ..this was all set up for us without us knowing as we had a follower on here who contacted the club and explained our situation ..it was an amazing thing to happen being miles from home and help came pouring in we also had some nice funding that went into the go fund me page to help us ... so thank you very much to all that helped and supported us ( the go fund me link is in the comments below if anyone wishes to continue to help)... so enough chit chat from me hope you enjoy the video.
No comments:
Post a Comment