Wednesday 7th June 2023
A short hop back to Barby Moorings today. Still grey today but the warmth of the sun could be felt through the clouds.
We turned into the marina and the wind helped us across onto the service area where we pumped out the loo tank – not bad, 26 days and only 66% full. Because we had the Di Blasi on board as well as the old starter battery on the rear deck, we hadn’t even noticed the list to starboard that normally accompanies and tank of more than 50%.
Getting off the service area to get to our mooring was another story as the wind was quite strong and broadside to us. Finally made it by backing up most of the marina before making the turn through the swing bridge – still had an issue trying to get the bows to turn into wind after the bridge.
We finally slid into our berth with a group of Alpacas waiting to greet us. The sun decided to appear and the wind dropped as we had finished our trip. We cleared up and packed our stuff into the car before sitting on the foredeck to eat our special lunch – a chicken salad sandwich made using a garlic nan purchased last night! Brenda’s enthusiasm heating them up in the oven didn’t affect the taste.
That trip was 306 miles at an average of 2 miles per hour.
After lunch we locked the boat up and headed home.
That’s all folks!
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