Log – 2010 – Charmary

Date	Time	Comment	Log	Cumulative log	Engine (mins)	Engine (total hours)	Weather	On board

Jul-10		Purchased boat

10/07/2010	05:10	Left Levington	0.00				Wind v.light 2-4 knots	Andy, Ian and Alex
	06:10	Landguard cardinal 1/2m port	6.41
		Hoisted sails - kept engine on					W 6kt
	06:30	Engine off			80		Wind variable but filling in 7-9kt
	07:00	Walton Pier 1/4m starboard beam	10.80
	08:10	Clacton Pier 1/m starboard beam	16.40
	09:05	N.Eagle close port	19.60
	09:30	Colne Bar to starboard	20.80
		Engine on					Wind died to 2kt
	09:40	Engine off			10
	10:35	Sails down - engine on
	10:45	Nass beacon - port beam
	11:20	Berth F46 Tollesbury	27.10	27.10	45
		Total:			135	2:15

17/07/2010								Andy, Anne & Alex
	04:50	Left marina
	05:20	Nass abeam	2.66
	05:35	Main & full jib - engine off			45
	05:55	Bench head abeam	6.80				Wind S-SSW 4-5
		Going beautifully nearly 9kt OG to Colne Bar, but bore away round Colne Bar and then dead downwind. A little rolly, but still maaking 7.5-8kt OG.
	07:30	Walton Pier 3/4m to port	18.30
	07:50	Medusa 1/2m stb beam	21.20
	08:45	Jib in - in river approaching Levington
	09:00	Main down, engine on	30.40
	09:35	Allocated berth A3 in Woolverstone - went into it, but too tight, so came out and went across middle/end of pontoon	33.80	60.90	35
		Total:			215	3:35
18/07/2010								Anne & Andy - Alex went home with Mum and Dad after meal at Butt & Oyster
	11:10	Left - sprung off and backed out. Boat handled beautifully.
	12:00	Hoisted double reefed main
	12:10	Across Shotley channel	7.60
	12:25	Jib 2/3 out - engine off			75
	12:35	51 51.91N 01 19.14E	10.00
	15:05	North Eagle - cracked off to Bar Buoy - awkward seas through Wallet	24.50
	15:55	Dropped sails at Nass - engine on	31.00
	16:20	Picked up mooring in Fleet to wait for tide - only around 4ft6in over sill.	33.80		25
	17:00	Left mooring - engine on
	17:20	In berth	34.80	95.70	20
		Total:			335	5:35

15/08/2010								Andy, Pete & Richard Bettles
	15:35	Left marina - motored out to Nass
	16:00	Hoisted main beyond Nass - main halyard shackle broke and main came straight down. Packed main away. Pulled full jib out and headed for Bench Head.			25
	16:25	Tacked about 1.5m short of Bench Head - making 9.2kn					NW6-7
	16:45	Engine on - rolled jib away
	17:10	Back in berth - interesting turn but made it round and in.	8.00	103.70	25
		Total:			385	6:25

22/08/2010								Andy & Anne
		Out to Nass - motoring. Put reef lines in main and sailed for 20min under main only	6.85	110.55	60
		Total:			445	7:25

03/09/2010								Andy & Anne
	06:45	Left marina
	07:00	Picked up mooring			15
		Tide 3.7m - about 5ft9in over sill
	08:15	Left mooring	0.80
	08:35	Nass (min depth 3.2m on way out)	2.68
	08:40	Full sail - engine off			25
	09:55	Wallet Spitway	9.70
	10:25	S.Whitaker	13.00				NNE2-3
	10:50	West Hook Middle	15.20
	12:10	Maplin Edge	20.90
	13:25	Blacktail Spit buoy 0.5m stbd beam	26.90
	14:05	Medway S/W	30.70
	15:10	Garrison Pt. abeam	36.20
	15:45	No.12R to port - weaving down river, wind quite light and nearly dead downwind	39.10
	16:10	Sails down - engine on. Off Kingsnorth Jetty, wind dying	42.00
	17:05	Locked into Chatham Maritime marina
	17:15	Berth E26	45.50	156.05	65
		Total:			550	9:10

05/09/2010								Andy & Anne
	09:20	Left Chatham - lock on freeflow around 1.5h-30m before HW if tide is sufficiently high
		Motoring up river - Wind E3 - dead ahead					E3
	10:35	N.Cardinal off Thamesport	8.20
	10:40	Hoisted main - 1 reef - motorsailing
	10:55	Garrison Pt close to stabd.	10.20				E3-4
	11:40	Medway buoy port beam	15.30
		Engine off - 2/3 jib out			140
	12:40	Maplin buoy close port	21.20
	14:05	Wallet Spitway (min depth 3.0m - 1.5 under keel)	31.00				E5-6
	15:40	Took sails down near Nass - engine on	42.00
	16:10	Picked up mooring in Mersea - attempted to get into Tollesbury but ran aground several times - got off with difficulty	43.50		30		E6-7
	19:30	Left Mersea and crept into Tollesbury. Min depth in channel and moorings 2.7m
	19:50	Picked up mooring in Tollesbury Fleet	45.25	201.30	20
		Total:			740	12:20

06/09/2010	10:20	Left mooring and motored in
	10:30	Moored with difficulty!	0.90	202.20	10		E6
		Total:			750	12:30

12/09/2010								Andy, Tim and Paul
	15:20	Left marina
	15:50	Nass
	16:00	Hoisted full main and 2/3 jib, tacked down river, engine off			40
	16:50	Headed round to Bench Head, let full jib out
	17:40	Bench Head - rounded up into Colne, engine on, sails down	12.80
	18:40	Picked up mooring in Pyefleet - quite well down, 4.5m at half tide	18.50	220.70	60
		Total:			850	14:10

13/09/2010	09:25	Left mooring
	09:50	Engine off, 2 reefs in main and 2/3 jib			25		SW4-5
		Short-tacked down river
	12:15	Sails down and engine on. Picked up mooring off Stone SC.	16.70		5
	13:50	Left mooring
	13:55	Full jib out, engine off			5
	15:00	Engine on, jib in by Nass	23.90
	15:30	Moored up	26.70	247.40	30
		Total:			915	15:15

Charmary's logbook for 2010 sailing