Elijah Heyns

Wind was mild, blowing up to 8 knots at points with periods of complete calm. Currents were gentle as well, not exceeding 1 knot. Covered almost 80 nautical miles in nearly 19 hours due to the overly mild conditions. Departure: Dunkirk at 04:34 Arrival: Wallasea Ness (River Crouch) at ~23:30 Distance: 76.6 NM Elapsed Time: 18h 58m Average Speed: 4.0 knots

Conditions were mild with wind gusting up to 12 knots and a current beneath us of up to 3 knots sea wasn’t particularly choppy but we’re experiencing swells of 1.5m at their peak

We left at 4:45 from the crouch river with a northern wind gusting up to 18kts and the tide going out with a current underneath us or approximately 3 kts allowing us to achieve 9.5 knots speed over ground at our top speed on the journey arriving at 12:00

Westerly breeze gusting up to 8kts used this milder wind to give the spinnaker a go on Orissa on the journey to Fambridge yacht club departed rcyc at 2:30 and arrived at Fambridge at 5:15

Left at 9:30 and moored for the night at stambridge marina on a swinging mooring ended up sleeping through a lightning storm and proceeded to wake up the next morning and head to RCYC at approximately 8:00 arriving there at 10:45 Unsure of wind conditions on the night as there was no reports of a storm headed but the morning after wind was westerly blowing up to 6kts

Departed toward Burnham with southerly winds blowing 18–22 kts. Acted as skipper for the passage, helping the new owner get hands-on experience sailing Pickle down the River Crouch. Headed back down the River Roach to spend the night at Stambridge, before motoring to Sutton Wharf Boatyard to settle Pickle into her new mooring.