Destination Rrrrrramsgate

We're in Rrrrrramsgate. On Thursday we made an early start and headed out of Ipswich through the open lock. Under the Orwell Bridge, past Woolverstone and Pin Mill. We got the mainsail up in the Orwell, motor sailed through Felixstowe Docks, past Harwich and out to sea.
Our route took us down Black Deep and through Fisherman's Gat (I love the names of the banks and channels in the Thames Estuary).








We had a few hours of good sailing, but a south easterly was not the best wind direction for a passage to Rrrrrramsgate.
We finished up motoring past North Foreland and Broadstairs arriving in Royal Harbour at about 1930, and mooring on the special pontoon for old and interesting vessels.


North Foreland: the northeast tip of Kent


Toucando moored by the Maritime Museum
A water colour of the pier and lighthouse has hung on my parents' wall for many years: I was pleased to see the scene is still recognisable.





Why Rrrrrramsgate? My day skipper instructor rolled his Rs when talking of this destination, and somehow it seems right.

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