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Much like at Glasson, we could only sail when the tide is in, but the tidal range here is only about 4.5 m on springs and if it is, say, halfway between springs and neaps, we could sail from the barge 2 hours before HW and get back half an hour after HW, scraping the mud with the keels .( the mud is very, very soft but not smelly, thankfully )
On Spring tides at Woodbridge we could probably sail around for 4 hours - ample!
Here at the top of the river navigation the ebb and flow are much gentler than at Glasson, but there is a terrific current down at the river mouth at a place called Felixtowe Ferry and real skill is require by the boatmen crossing the river there. Felixtowe Ferry
Up here at Woodbridge there are a few swing moorings in the deeper water just behind us, and we have got our tender refurbished now, so if we think that might be late back on a tide we could take it out with us to a mooring, then we could get back to the boatyard slipway in it, leaving Plain Jane afloat in the river.
On Friday we met one of our barge neighbours who lives in France and he said he was off to Dunquerque on Saturday. He should be there now, and that is just what we are vaguely planning for ourselves next spring.
He said he would be anchoring near Harwich, then taking the flood down towards the channel and then straight across, passage time at 5knots about 15 hours. That sounds to good to be true, but we have swapped email addresses, so hope to hear all about it soon. From Harwich roads to Dunquerque is 75 miles
This is their blog:: De Jonge Jacob
I went to take a video of them leaving on Saturday, but my boat was swinging about too much in the wind, however I managed to get this with my phone:
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