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Wednesday June 30

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We left Coltishall before the swans could even think about farting. I was extremely careful to get our boat out of the way of “Dragon Fly”, apologies to the stink boat that I had to use as a lever to get out of our mooring. The look on that ladies face as the bowsprit passed her nose looking out of the porthole was priceless.

The plan was to get an early start and then do some sailing before getting the boat back to the yard. Like most sailing plans when you want wind, there is none. So we motored down to Wroxham, and did the mast thing for the last time.

As we had plenty of time on our hands we though we would have a look around Salhouse Broad. Not very exciting really. Then a funny thing happened. The engine stopped. I looked at the throttle, assuming someone had knocked it back, and no one was near it – I look enquiringly at Bonnie, and she did the same to me. OK, strange, I thought, but no big deal, I’ll just start the engine and we’ll get going.

The wind that we had been looking for now started to blow, and of course the engine wouldn’t start. We were starting to get blown on to a lee shore, a shore made up entirely of low hanging trees. So with use of the engine starter motor, and the tiller I managed to get us into the middle of the Broad. Chris and I got the mainsail up in record time, and I figured we were ok. Wrong.

Somehow the topping lift had got itself knotted around the gaff, so the mainsail was pretty useless, but enough to give me steerage out of the Broad and to a windward riverbank. Here Chris and I had to take the main down again, sort out the rigging, and get it hoisted again.

It would be fair to say that I’m an agricultural sailor, that is, it might not be pretty, but I can get the job done without too much damage, loss of life etc., but on the sail back to the boatyard I was getting a bit worried about the wind direction and how I was going to get the boat into the dock, under sail, and without destroying the boatyards fleet.

Luck was on our side and the wind died just enough to allow me to come to a stop at the pub moorings next to the yard, with the assistance of the pub owner who seemed rather worried that our boom was about to take out all of his lights

Comments

From - LizzieT Posted On 10 Oct 2004

My dad (Richard T) is a really good chef even though he almost set fire to our kicthen when he was trying to mke yorkshore pudding.

From - roy abrahams Posted On 20 Aug 2004

hallo out there just a quick comment i moved to norfolk in 1969 just to be near the broads and my wife and i will be having our 52nd holiday on the broads this xmas our 4th xmas on a boat its just brill its just a shame to see so many boat yards closing many of them old friends over the years if you have took the time to read this thank you and keep on boating

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