Re: Wee Barkie a pocket cruiser meauring just over 25' will it get me there

Originally Posted by
auscruisertom
Wee Barkie had a ripper of a sail on Thursday from bums bay to the Tweed with moderate NE winds .
I managed to break all previous trip records cruising up the river in well under three hours.The Gaff Rig at this point exceeded all my expectations with the knotmeter in uncharted territory producing regular 7s and touching on 8 knots once or twice.
Another first was also accomplished when I was able to sail across the bar and up the river unassisted something I had consistently failed at .
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That's impressive Tom. I nearly crossed the bar under sail alone one time but miss judged the southerly set and had head up into the wind under power unfortunately.
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