Day9. Sun 17th Jan. Ramsgate to Walton on the Nase

This one is going to be a little involved. Using Savvy Navvy app, first I will Waypoint the Start and Finish. Next a quick look at the weather along the way. Wind is about NW F5 all day. Not ideal but we can work with that.

A quick plot of the route starting at first light. indicates about a 8-9 hour passage.  Next we'll have a look at the tides and see how they affect us. The good news is that it will be arriving around high tide which will make getting to Titmarsh marina a little easier, after a long journey. Finally I'll try to optimise the journey to get the most out of the tidal streams, not always possible but worth trying.

Ok not much we can do with the tides., but the best scenario seems to call for a departure time of 0730 hrs

Passage Plan.

Leave Ramsgate at 0730  

Obtain clearance from Harbour Central. Ch 14. 

Keeping to the side of the dredged shipping channel, head to the first green cardinal and then turn N.E. and then N following the land at about We'll be heading toward the Western corner of the London array wind farm, 

where we must negotiate our way through long sands using fisherman's gat channel then N.E. again along black deep for the full length of the wind farm. Be aware of larger shipping traffic here. About a mile or so after Yellow cardinal BDMI , head toward Black deep 1 green cardinal then Sunk Head tower North cardinal. Turn to NW heading leave NE GUNFLEET E carinal to starboard, pick up heading for SOUTH CORK S Cardinal Leaving it to starboard then head to the north of the headland and south of the port cardinal "STONE BANKS".  NNE of you is The entrance to Hamford water, Marked with a red cardinal "No2" turn SW and follow the bouyage in and take first tributary on the left "The Twizzle" which leads right to the marina.  

Arrival somewhere in the region of 1630 hrs

Trip 56 Nm  Total 242 Nm

We're in the middle of a marsh here, so not much to do except enjoy the peace and quiet. There is a long walk to the nearest pub or we can eat on the boat. Tomorrow I expect to move on at a leave time of 1200hrs.