Our slow drift northwards continued today with a beautiful sail up the the coast past Clacton on sea and Walton on the Naze. There was enough wind to sail nicely but no waves. We are now moored in the Marina in the Walton Backwaters.
The biggest challenge today was avoiding the sand banks. It seems that either our depth sounder is faulty or the sand has moved since our chart was published, there wasn't quite as much water in some places as we expected.
Arriving earlier than usual ie at low water we crept along the channel keeping a constant eye on the depth and wishing we had more faith in our instruments. Bob says he will be recalibrating things tomorrow.
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