Meandering Molly@OGA60: East Coast Cruise- sailing across the Thames Estuary from Ipswich to Chatham

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  • Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
  • The first leg of Molly the Cornish Crabber 26's homeward journey from the Gaffers 60th anniversary party in Ipswich back to the Solent. This cruise, alongside a number of other lovely gaff rigged sailing boats was organised by the OGA East Coast group, taking in the "Secret Water" of the Walton Backwaters, a stormy passage to West Mersey, a wonderful sail across the Thames estuary to Queensborough on the Swale and finally up the Medway to Chatham. We ended up trapped with all the other sailboats in Chatham Marina for 5 days, as their lock gates broke but had a great time anyway! One more video to follow, which will cover Molly's journey from Kent back to her home berth in Portsmouth on the Solent.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 12

  • @MatthewFelgate-r4u
    @MatthewFelgate-r4u 3 місяці тому

    A gem. Seeing the gaffers in a place familiar to imagination from childhood reading of Secret Water is a treat.

    • @erbster200
      @erbster200  3 місяці тому

      @@MatthewFelgate-r4u thank you

  • @mark211257
    @mark211257 4 місяці тому +1

    Excellent !!

  • @sailing-windbreker
    @sailing-windbreker Рік тому +2

    Thanks for these great shots! We enjoyed this cruise on Windbreker, so nice to look back with this video. Hope to sail with you this summer! Grts, Edgar & Else

  • @TarquinWildridge-ul4ih
    @TarquinWildridge-ul4ih 4 місяці тому

    Just brilliant wish I had been there
    Really good
    Especially channel crossing have to say you make it look easy 👍👍

    • @erbster200
      @erbster200  4 місяці тому

      @@TarquinWildridge-ul4ih thanks. Listening to me speak, I sound very confident, but it was my first time. Coming back I got slightly freaked out by some big ships until I twigged they were anchored. The AIS was massively reassuring- I could see them and they could see me.

  • @dominiquelegrand5845
    @dominiquelegrand5845 Рік тому

    une très belle vidéo j'aime beaucoup cette région et j'espère y retourner fin avril et monter a Brightlingsea que je ne connais pas encore .

    • @erbster200
      @erbster200  Рік тому

      Merci beaucoup! Brightlingsea vaut bien une visite.

  • @erbster200
    @erbster200  Рік тому

    It was fun wasn’t it! We look forward to sailing with you again, on your home waters this summer?

  • @Anglosaxon69
    @Anglosaxon69 Рік тому

    Dreadfully boring 😓