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Wednesday 9th June Ref: 2021/2
This was another well-timed passage, casting off in slack water at Southwold and then carrying a 1-2knot tide north towards Lowestoft. The fouling of the Lady Martina hull seemed to be less of a problem in holding up progress through the water but arrangements were made upon arrival for a lift out and power wash the following week.
The seas state was still slight but a later passage in the day meant that the seas breeze had kicked in but it was still calm enough that no wash-down was needed upon arrival at The Royal Norfolk & Suffolk Yacht Club.
The speed comparison was being complicated by one of our hull transducers under-reading and requiring calibration some time but it seemed that we achieved another knot and a half through the water at 1275 rpm. We also had good visibility and warm temperatures and so the cruise went very well.
22 degC; RH 62%; 1022mb steady ; smooth seas with 9-11 knot breeze, s/swly; good visibility
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Sunday 6th June Ref: 2021/1
After just a brief sea trial, our first sea trip of a season much-delayed by the coronavirus 19 lockdown. I had chosen a perfect day and time to result in another textbook-planned cruise from Lowestoft to Southwold in calm seas arriving at slack water making for an easy landing and start to our stay. There was no Channel 12 response and so we first moored at the pontoon adjacent to the harbourmaster's office and then moved to the fixed stage and moored with two of the riding planks
In very light airs, with the following tide of 1 to 1.5kn and the sea state smooth and 'glass-like' early in the morning, we also had good visibility and warm temperatures and so the cruise went very well. With Lady Martina being static and without use, we had accumulated lots of weed fouling the hull and so our 1275rpm only achieved about 7kn through the water and thus 7.5 to 8.5kn over the ground
21-25 degC; RH 75→57%; 1024mb steady ; smooth seas with 6-8 knot breeze, variable; good visibility
