Mark had to return to work yesterday so st Jarna has bneen left at Lowestoft to be reclaimed at the weekend. We left Lowestoft at 5am and had a relatively tame motor to Brightlingsea. I think we now call anything under a force 6 – tame!! Plan is 3am start to brave the Maplin sands and the rest of the seal territory to make Hoo by tomorrow’s midday high water. We have eaten what scraps we have left (if you believe that you will believe anything), but still have supplies of ballast!! Stray Cat claims to be a ‘dry’ boat – needless to say Goodwill is not! We saw dolphins today off Orfordness. We have seen surprisingly few on this trip. Here at Brightlingsea we are in the middle of nowhere but the Oyster Catchers will ensure we do not get much sleep!!
