Re: International Cape Cutter Week 2015
Posted: Sun May 17, 2015 11:49 am
Hello all
The time is almost here.
I would suggest that participants (and others) have a look at the information available from Harwich Harbour Authority: http://www.hha.co.uk/leisure.html
A chart of the area (not for navigation) tide tables, tide flow speeds etc are all freely available to download.
I have obtained the Imray chart Y16 "Walton Backwaters to Ipswich and Woodbridge" which covers exactly our proposed possible itinary. I encourage all the skippers to have accurate (up to date) charts on board, after all there is going to be plenty of opportunity to run aground in the shallow waters we are going to be sailing in.
I am planning to haul Mary Ann out of Kielder Water tomorrow and prepare her for the 340 mile journey to Levington, much easier than the 550 mile trip to Mylor last year.
I am looking forward to some of that soft southern weather, it has been blowing a gale up here in the north for most of the last two weeks.
After the event I will create a gallery to allow anyone with photos to post them.
The time is almost here.
I would suggest that participants (and others) have a look at the information available from Harwich Harbour Authority: http://www.hha.co.uk/leisure.html
A chart of the area (not for navigation) tide tables, tide flow speeds etc are all freely available to download.
I have obtained the Imray chart Y16 "Walton Backwaters to Ipswich and Woodbridge" which covers exactly our proposed possible itinary. I encourage all the skippers to have accurate (up to date) charts on board, after all there is going to be plenty of opportunity to run aground in the shallow waters we are going to be sailing in.
I am planning to haul Mary Ann out of Kielder Water tomorrow and prepare her for the 340 mile journey to Levington, much easier than the 550 mile trip to Mylor last year.
I am looking forward to some of that soft southern weather, it has been blowing a gale up here in the north for most of the last two weeks.
After the event I will create a gallery to allow anyone with photos to post them.