London Cruise – Medway to home
There are some trips where you just have to grin and bear it and get home. This one was going to be a pain, with tide and wind against us most of the way. At least for the first couple of hours we got to sail, and that was good but it soon turned into […]
London Cruise – Limehouse to Medway
Take Friday’s entry and reverse it. That’s pretty much what we did, and the wind had done the same and swung into the north east just to maintain the pattern of always blowing from where we’re going. We did manage to sail for the last hour, when we turned south into our anchorage, and were […]
London Cruise – rest day (2)
After an hour back on board, we met up with the crew again for an Italian meal round the corner from the marina in a lovely square, complete with fountain and café’s, it had many echos of continental Europe. The kids really enjoyed being able to run around, play and make friends whilst the adults […]
London Cruise – rest day (1)
No sailing today – the crew were given a rest day and headed off to Greenwich. We stayed on board in the morning to relax, whilst I worked on the boat’s plumbing – we now have cold water on tap in both heads. Say ‘yeah’ everyone….and I promise to get to the hot water before […]
London Cruise – Medway to Central London
Travelling into London by boat, it’s best to catch the tide. That’s contrary to travelling in by train, when it’s much better to go ‘against the flow’, you might even get a seat. With a boat doing 6 knots and the tide doing 2, the difference is that you either travel at 4 knots against […]
London Cruise – Woolverstone to Medway
Our first big adventure started quietly enough, getting away from home with a remarkable lack of fuss and struggle, compared to the previous few days of work, which had seen me getting back home at almost midnight the day before. We got everything stowed, plus a few minor jobs completed before the crew arrived – […]