Chatham – Medway – Chatham: 33.7 NM
Year to Date: 267.1 NM
Mouflon to Date: 1,115.1 NM
A very unambitious plan – potter up the Medway a bit, drop anchor and come back again.
We’re still getting used to the idea of East Coast sailing, and coming terms with the fact that there’s not an awful lot to visit – at least not within \\\”baby tolerable\\\” distances.
After the less than glorious first day out, it was difficult to paint it in a positive light. The Medway itself is quite industrial, and there’s a lot of it before you even get out the Thames – let alone another place to stay over.
So we took this chance to try out the anchor, having done surprisingly little anchoring last year. It went fairly well – initially, at least. We had a gentle little sail up the Medway, found a secluded spot, and dropped the big heavy metal bit.
This gave chance for some wine drinking and lounging about, before it dawned on me we might be getting stuck. It was a falling tide, and we had indeed grounded in the soft mud.
There then followed a few hairy moments and some tugging on the anchor. After a lot of powering in various directions we got her free, and very relieved motored all the way back to the marina.
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