I was delighted when Kirsty my wife agreed to sail with us, her third sail.  And what a sail with a few firsts! 

Bradwell Marina sells fuel so need to take Lou-Lou Belle’s petrol tank to a petrol station in the car, we simply motored round to the fuel berth and Arthur lowered the nozzle down to us about 10 feet below as the tide was low. 

We then motored across the Blackwater the Mersea Island as I wanted to see how easy it is to get ashore; useful info for the forthcoming Drascombe Association rally. I discovered my VHFs don’t have Ch37 to we couldn’t hail the West Mersea SC launch service. Instead we picked up a mooring and managed to flag down the launch as it passed us. We were quickly on the jetty and went up to the sailing club for a drink. They welcome visiting yacht’s people providing gentlemen don’t wear hats at the bar and you have to sign the visitors book. 

After a bit of a wait for the launch we were back aboard Lou-Lou Belle’s for lunch before setting up the estuary towards Maldon on the tide.  The First Mate did a super spell on the helm holding a steady course. 

As the tide turned we tacked back towards Bradwell with Kirsty manning the headsail sheets. 

We also had to get the black bucket out for a wee, another first for the First Mate!

Once we got back we were able to say hello to Toby who is a YouTuber. 

What a day!

The 1st mate sails again and didn’t she do well!?!

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