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Marilyn very kindly gave us a lift to Walton Yacht Basin on the 1st, and stayed for some supper.
Sorting out the lines to cast off.
Leaving Walton Yacht Basin at high tide on a grey, mizzly day.
Passing the Yacht Club….
….and an ‘iconic’ boat shed.
The Lady of the Twizzle…
…and Titchmarsh Marina. Looking forward to going to the recently reopened Harbour Lights Restaurant! We picked up a mooring buoy to have breakfast whilst waiting for the tide.
A miserable day; the forecast wind didn’t happen, but the rain did.
The Naze Tower looking gloomy. Constructed in 1720 by Trinity House as a navigation mark, it has been many things, including a radar tower in WWII. It now houses a cafe and art galleries, with a fantastic view from the roof.
Seeing much more of the Border Force in recent years.
Lovely to see red sails against the colourful huts of Walton, to brighten up the day.
Spot the other bright part of the coastline today - Ginny came out to wave in her orange coat, even though she had no idea which was our boat.
The old Grand Hotel, with our line of ‘Grand’ beach huts, and the clock tower on the Greensward behind.
As we passed Frinton, the sun began to shine. Commissioned in 2010, Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm is 7 kilometres of the coast of Clacton.
26nm from Pye End to the mouth of the River Roach.
Merit, is a cargo vessel owned by Danish company, Echoship.
Now we know why Essex is known as a flat county; miles and miles of very shallow sea in a featureless landscape.
Passing Burnham on Crouch with it’s Royal Yacht Club, founded in 1895, and receiving its Royal Patronage in 1927. It was initially a ferry port, later a fishing port known for its oysters and more recently a centre for yachting.
Suddenly lots of activity, with dinghy racing…
…and rowing.
Baltic Wharf on Wallasea Island is the only commercial port on the estuary. In existence since the 1920s it provides wharfage facilities and storage for mainly timber and steel products.
The still evening and beautiful sky on a quiet pontoon rewarded the seemingly long chug with the tide up river.
The River Crouch seems a very long stretch of water; 8nm from River Roach to North Fambridge.
Fambridge Yacht Station, part of the Yacht Haven.
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