Part Two - A Small Boat Round Britain
Motor Boat & Yachting|January 2020
After a rash idea to circumnavigate the whole of Britain in a 27ft Rhea 850, Phil and Nigel find themselves plugging up the windswept East Coast
Philip Davies
Part Two - A Small Boat Round Britain

Our strategy for circumnavigating Britain was arrived at over numerous conversations before embarking. Nigel would plot the agreed passage plan on the Imray paper charts with courses to steer from waypoint to waypoint, marking our position on the chart as we went at least once every hour. We would rely on the Garmin plotter, with its electronic chart, for the detail in conjunction with the Reeds Almanac and visitmyharbour.co.uk for local pilotage notes. Weather and sea forecasts would be a composite of the BBC’s Coastal, Inshore Waters and Shipping, plus myweather2.com and windfinder.com

Tide times would always be taken as at Dover for passage planning purposes. This would keep things simple, as all of the tidal flow charts in The Reeds Almanac and marked on the Imray charts are as per Dover and the local standard port. However, as we would rarely be in the local standard port this would remove the need for another calculation.

Lastly, our intention was to cruise only in fair weather – nothing above a Force 4 and preferably with neap tides and a gentle following sea. So much for good intentions!

RAMSGATE TO LOWESTOFT

Although we have made it from Gosport to Ramsgate safely enough, thus far we have always been in sight of land. Our first proper offshore passage now awaits us across the navigationally tricky outer Thames estuary to Lowestoft, the most easterly point on the British mainland. We’ll be going past a number of wind farms and some significant sandbanks.

The wind is predicted to be Force 3 gusting 4, rising to Force 5 later, but if all goes to plan we should arrive in Lowestoft before the 5 kicks in. The only fly in the ointment will be having to endure a stretch of wind against tide in the first hour or so. That will probably be the ‘moderate’ bit of the predicted ‘slight to moderate’.

Esta historia es de la edición January 2020 de Motor Boat & Yachting.

Comience su prueba gratuita de Magzter GOLD de 7 días para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 9,000 revistas y periódicos.

Esta historia es de la edición January 2020 de Motor Boat & Yachting.

Comience su prueba gratuita de Magzter GOLD de 7 días para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 9,000 revistas y periódicos.

MÁS HISTORIAS DE MOTOR BOAT & YACHTINGVer todo
Lofoten or Bust- Part 4- Grandezza owner Per Harrtoft heads back to Sweden after an epic 3500nm adventure deep into the Arctic Circle to visit the mythical Lofoten islands
Motor Boat & Yachting UK

Lofoten or Bust- Part 4- Grandezza owner Per Harrtoft heads back to Sweden after an epic 3500nm adventure deep into the Arctic Circle to visit the mythical Lofoten islands

After ten memorable days in the Lofoten Islands in the far north of Norway, we are on our way back south towards Sweden. We have already made it as far as Trondheim, a charming place even if it was raining so hard we had to cycle round the city centre clutching umbrellas. But now we are back on board Deamare, our Grandezza 40 Fly, eating up the miles at a steady 31 knots.

time-read
10 minutos  |
October 2024
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YACHT TRANSPORT
Motor Boat & Yachting UK

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YACHT TRANSPORT

As the name suggests it's a means of having your boat moved professionally from one location to another. It might be as simple as hiring someone to tow your RIB a few miles down the road or as complex as shipping a superyacht halfway around the world.

time-read
8 minutos  |
October 2024
HANDLE A SINGLE SHAFTDRIVE BOAT PART 1
Motor Boat & Yachting UK

HANDLE A SINGLE SHAFTDRIVE BOAT PART 1

Single shaftdrive boats are relatively rare these days but the reduced costs of buying, servicing and fuelling such a simple but reliable drivetrain does mean they are making a bit of a comeback.

time-read
2 minutos  |
October 2024
COCKWELLS MOTOR LAUNCH
Motor Boat & Yachting UK

COCKWELLS MOTOR LAUNCH

There can be very few boats that have appeared three times at the Southampton Boat Show and been sold off the stand each time.

time-read
5 minutos  |
October 2024
INSTALLING AN AUTOPILOT
Motor Boat & Yachting UK

INSTALLING AN AUTOPILOT

Rick Channon makes solo boating simple with a Raymarine Evolution Autopilot

time-read
4 minutos  |
October 2024
GOOD AS NEW
Motor Boat & Yachting UK

GOOD AS NEW

Why fit a brand new engine when Volvo Penta's remanufacturing service can rebuild you an old one to the same standard for a fraction of the price?

time-read
4 minutos  |
October 2024
BENETEAU SWIFT TRAWLER 54
Motor Boat & Yachting UK

BENETEAU SWIFT TRAWLER 54

Alex Smith heads to France's Beneteau HQ for a UK exclusive on what might just be the best Swift Trawler yet

time-read
8 minutos  |
October 2024
ΧΟ EXPLR 44
Motor Boat & Yachting UK

ΧΟ EXPLR 44

Can XO's all-new aluminium flagship really make it big in the Med?

time-read
7 minutos  |
October 2024
BUYING OUR FIRST CLASSIC
Motor Boat & Yachting UK

BUYING OUR FIRST CLASSIC

Instead of whiling away their retirement playing bowls, Rob and Shona Adams decided to invest their time and money in a classic Silver gentleman's yacht. Would the gamble pay off?

time-read
9 minutos  |
October 2024
PRINCESS S65
Motor Boat & Yachting UK

PRINCESS S65

Torn between the V and F Class flagships? The new S65 might be the boat you've been waiting for...

time-read
7 minutos  |
October 2024