Sailing Nancy Blackett from Woolverstone to St Kaths

Skipper Ed Williams and mate John Benford, en route from Woolverstone to Brightlingsea	On the public jetty at Brightlingsea to take on water, shortly before we, er, took the ground for a couple of hours...	A new navigational use for the old compass	Blue skies and fresh breeze en route to Queenborough (Isle of Sheppey)
Another wave rolls by	Cantare heading out of the Medway	Unknown boat chasing us up the Thames	Leading the fleet up the Thames
Fanny of Cowes, demonstrating the superior pulling power of her cruising chute	Approaching the Dartford crossing	Matariki passing under the Dartford crossing	Cantare slipped past us as the wind eased
Cantare again	Nancy in the estuary - taken from Cantare	Nancy close-up - taken from Cantare	Sunbeam closing the gap...
... and leaving us in her wake	Approaching the Thames Barrier	Going through	Callidus passing the Isle of Dogs
Canary Wharfe	Approaching Tower Bridge	Playing sardines, locking in to St Katherine's Dock	Party time in St. Kath's
Dwarfed by a Thames sailing barge