FC1 has returned from a very enjoyable 10 days cruise on the Northern Waters. She visited old haunts including Horsey, Sutton, and Upton. Rev T was also dragged against his will (twice) to Hunter's Yard but still managed to lapse into top eulogise mode without any difficulty. The wind varied from a flat calm to a stiff two reefer. Apart from a spectacular thunderstorm at Reedham Ferry, the weather was dry and fine. On the return south, FC1 tacked down the lower Bure without going aground before being rewarded with a beautiful early evening sail over Breydon. There were no wrecks and nobody drowned, in fact nothing to laugh at at all (if you don't count Rev T sailing into a tree in Meadow Dyke).
sailing past The Lighthouse near Horning
good deed of the day - helping a hire boat to reef at Gay's Staithe
flying the signal of the day - "43" at Berney. Can readers work out why? Hint - it wasn't just the World Cup that took place in 1966.
the clock at The White Horse, Neatishead - the inspiration for the sailing publication of the decade
Albion near Thurne Mouth
moored outside White Wings at Horning
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