After food, we all went to bed until our departure time of midnight.
As we were sailing overnight, I tested the navigation lights before going to sleep.
Tom and I got up at 23:30 to pull up the anchor. I turned on the nav. lights and guess what......the red/green did not work!
So with the boat moving up and down, in pitch black and anxious about making our tight schedule- I took the light apart and put in a new bulb. Hey presto - it worked!
Anchor up, Tom back to bed until his watch; I set off into the blackness.
Sailing at night is an act of faith. The GPS shows you where the buoys are but the Humber has hundreds, flashing away like Christmas! You are also unable to see anything in the water, so you just hope that you miss all the lobster pots (Peter J knows how hard that is!).
However after the abject terror passes, you soon settle into it and all is fine.
Tom and I split 2 hour watches between us and after 12 hours we are now anchored outside Wells Next The Sea, waiting for the Harbour Master to guide us in.
Poor Mom was confined to her cabin, being tossed around by the rough weather and unable to escape as it was so hard to stand upright!
However she has emerged now and enjoying seeing the daylight.
Off to Lowestoft tomorrow if the weather is ok.
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