Wednesday 11th- he arrived in the Harwich area - first time as a solo sailer. I am sure he was very nervous and very relieved. !! Naturally he celebrated with a pint!
Thursday 12th - a few frustrations! One - had huge trouble downloading some stuff on to the laptop - I think it was updating some charts or something, he is using the Vodafone dongle which had the largest coverage around UK for broadband. The boys suggested that he goes and find a MacDonalds or a lovely coffee shop and steal their broadband.... that may take a long walk from a marina ?!
I am waiting to change over supplier at home for telephone and broadband and that means that at my end Skype does not work that well... am having to resort to mumble jumble translations via the kids...erm... not good. But hey presto - David managed to find the chat button and we were able to live chat at the same time as gazing at a blurry fuzzy distorted picture.
Friday 13th:
He is planning the next leg - which is to cross the Thames and round... forgive me I do not know the correct names yet - but will update soon. A few concerns here - crossing a busy path, shifting sand dunes. I received a text this afternoon - saying that he's planning to leave about 04.30 tomorrow....
Here's a picture of when Stuart first put on the name of Akira on the boat.....
Fiona
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