Having had a quick look at tomorrows passage there is a lot of difference that the tide can make. A 5.5hour to 7.25hr journey time, Almost 2hrs difference, Bad news is to get the shortest journey time we'd have to leave a 0330hrs in the dark in tricky shallow water. Or we could leave 1530 hours and arrive at a new port in the dark. Neither one appeals to me, we are on holiday after all. So Compromise is the name of the game, we'll leave between 11 and 12 and have a journey time of just over 6 hours. It will be nearly half tide when we leave, we sail in the daytime and no noisy alarm clocks
Passage Plan
Tide Harwich LW 0837 HW 1521, Lowestoft HW 1310 LW 1846
Weather Wind W f4/5 all day
Follow the bouyage out into Pennyhole bay. At No2 red cardinal go due east for about a 1.5miles, before turning to 052 NB cross Harwich deep water channel at right angles. Leave cutler green lateral mark to port, also leave Whiting sandbank to port on past Orford Ness with its red and white lighthouse
then north for 3 hours or so until Lowestoft breakwaters come into sight
Beware of Newcome sands to the south of the entrance, follow the bouyage into the Harbour, Make contact with Harbour control on Ch14
Trip 54 Nm Total 298 Nm
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