Gill delivered us to Aldeburgh about 10 am.
Arrived at the mooring with the ebb tide well underway but the boat was rolling well on the chop so was a bit of a challenge getting onloard. Fortuneatley another larger boat had decided to 'share ' our mooring with us so being effectively strapped to him our 18 ft tiddler was prevented from rolling too excessively while boarding. Good thing really.
The weather was characterised by a strong south westerly which was headwind all the way down the River Alde to the River Ore so we were motoring. Stopped at Orford for a chat with the harbour master Philip Attwood who patiently explained that there was a gale warning .... so we retired to the Orford Jolly Sailor for a spot of lunch and to consider the situation.
The wind then seemed to have dropped so we went back to the quay , met with the harbour master again who explained the the gale warning had gone away and that it was for Dover primarily so we proceeded down to the entrance of the Ore.
Made it through the bar and out to sea.
A good sea was running so it was good to see Solitaire's high gunnels being put t othe test to keep the boat dry. I ran Navionics on my iphone in its water proof case to check on our course at sea which worked very well.
Arrived mooring at Felixstowe Ferry @ 4.00pm and was collected by Gill.
Another interesting day of sailing on the Solitaire micro yacht.
These are the Ore and Felixstowe Ferry entrances charts which document the interesting geography.
