Too windy to sail...

...but some things that shouldn't float almost did:

To Cley Channel in Jav

Rik and I dodged the rain and had a short and sharp sail in the Jav. The wind was S 3-4 gusting 5 so we had fun reaching out towards the point and then back to the Cley Channel where the 'fun' crowd had parked. We made an impressive approach with Rik on the trapeze with shouts of "Don't sell it Bill!" from the shore.
We set off after most of the others and had a good fast reach all the way to Buoy 7 then reached back and had a furious beat up the cut.

Breakfast on the point

Mary made some bacon butties and we took a flask to the point in Zephyr for breakfast!

There we met David and Eleanor 'White GP' and the Commodore's missus. D&E had the full kit: stove, bacon, eggas, bread & marmalade (no toaster) and orange juice!

On the way back we saw loads of terns at the head of the cut.

First Solo sail of the season

I had a fairly gentle evening sail.
Rather late in the year, but this was my first sail in the Solo this season.
The wind was a gentle NNE so it was easy going to the Pit and a decent tack home.

Trying to clean Zephyr

I've been trying to clean Zephyr's 'topsides' but its a bit of a struggle. I've used 'jif' and some special gunge but it doesn't seem to be any good. Bizarrely, the best material to clean of the grime is the sand/mud she's lying on!

Boats back to Boatpark

Here's the Jav in the farmer's yard

This year I've put the Carrot and the Jav on chains close to the slipway:

Lonely Zephyr

Zephyr seems to be OK on her mooring over the winter. She needs pumping out every now and then mind you.