After a 03:00 start from Lowestoft we arrived in Grimsby 17hrs later of which nearly 15 of those hours were motor sailing. We had a steady force 2 gusting 3 (rarely) on a close starboard tack for most of the trip but as we had to keep the speed to a target level to reach Grimsby at high tide, then motor sailing was the only option. It was about a 100mile trip but got us past the Wash and other low lying areas not available to us. However for the 2 hrs we did sail it was magic! We're greeted by seals, coming into the Humber estuary, bobbing their heads up and looking around which was a great sight.
No land in site
The marina in Grimsby, which is part of the old fish dock, is run by the Humber Cruising Association and is a small very friendly club. The pint of bitter at the end of the trip was great!
The straight line from 06:30 in the morning until about 19:00 is because the AIS signal is not being received by any shore based location. So our son Sam was concerned when he couldn't see a regular AIS update and phoned the coastguard to be reassured that we hadn't sunk.
The blue dot is our mooring in Grimsby at the old fish dock.
We visited the Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre which is excerlent. They have re-created the complete life of trawler men with actual parts of a trawler (wheelhouse, galley etc) plus the sounds and smells of that life. Coupled to the center is a 1957 trawler in the dock that we had a guided tour round. It was a very hardy life!
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