Cruising in Shoal Waters 2003
13th March
Launched
14th
Sailed to Maldon
15/16th
Sailed to Maldon, Lawling and Stone
10 miles
18/19th
Sailed inside Bradwell to Colne Point & return
25 miles
April 3/6th
To Rat Island, down Swin, round Sheppy, Havengore. East Mersey and club
110 miles
12th
To Mersea, round islands, home via Bradwell Creek
25 miles
15/21st
Colne Point – Walton Backwaters, Landmere. Twizzle
Great Oakley Dock – Ipswich – Manningtree – Holbrook Bay – Colchester – Rat Island -Brightlingsea – B.S.C.
130 miles
3rd/6th May
to St Peters- Burnham, Lion Creek – West Mersea – Maldon – Osea for night – Nass Beacon and club.
75 miles
19th May
Sail on tide to Maldon
25th May
Fortieth anniversary of launch of Shoal Waters
23rd/29th May
Walton – Snape – Butley river – Woodbridge – BSC
50 miles
29/2 June
With Joy – West Mersea – Abbots Hall Creek – newly flooded land – Tollesbury – Pyfleet – BSC
158 miles
14/21 June
Rawling Creek – Maldon – Battlesbridge – Colchester – St Osyth – Ray Creek – East Mersea Old Gaffers Race – Maldon.
130 miles
23/2nd July
Snape – Little Japan / Butley river 3 times –Walton Backwaters – East Mersea – BSC
160 miles
10/14th
Chelmsford Canal.
25 miles
16th
Day sail on tide –thunder storms
21/23rd
West Mersea and Tollesbury area
25 miles
23/3rd August
Ray Island – Havengore – Rochester – Mucking – Spitway – BSC.
130 miles
3rd August
Seventy sixth birthday of Charles Stock.
8th
Colne point and return
24 miles
10/14
Club week. Wife Joy unwell for all of August. Unable to leave her overnight.
20
NE wreck
20 miles
29/31
Gaffers Ruby Week. – Mersea – Maldon – Lawling- Mersea – Maldon
40 miles
3/6th Sept
Bradwell – Ipswich Dock gates – Pin Mill – Lawling Creek.
80 miles
12th
Rochford – Ray Yellow at L.W. – Round Bridgemarsh – Lighters in Ray – Walton – Beaumont Quay – Pyfleet and BSC
150 miles
26/30
St Peters – Dengie coast at HW springs – Pyfleet – Round Cobmarsh, Packing Shed & Northey islands – Lawling Creek overnight – Thirslet and BSC
50 miles
3/5th Oct
Ray Island – Wivenhoe – Ray Island – Club. (strong NW)
44 miles
10/12
Roach – Stow Maries Creek – BSC
60 miles
Total for the 2003 season = 1544 nautical miles.
Total cost £804 .61 = 52.24 pence per mile
Nearly sixty nights on board = £13.41 per night, plus of course food, which we have to buy anyway.