Sunset

A wonderfull sunset brings to the close a lovely day's sailing. With clear
skies, excellent visibility all round and steady winds - dream sailing
conditions.

We have just passed the first of what will be many production platforms that
stand over the seas like giant mechanical mosquitoes, sucking the lifeblood
out the earths core. But with such good visibilty we should have now
problems navigating our way around them.

More of a challenge will follow in the light of day when we have to make
critical decisions about which route to take into Lowestoft - close inshore,
mud-skipping to avoid the tide, or further offshore through the sand banks
where there is more room to manouevre. We still have time before we make
the call, so will wait and see what the wind forecast is with the morning
GRIB files.

Richard