Traject: Dunkerque (Fr) – Ramsgate (UK)

Trip to Ramsgate (U.K.) by the yacht “De Boekanier”.

Blog van 2012 – 08 – 17

Traject: Dunkerque (Fr) – Ramsgate (UK)

Crew: Skipper Cees

Sam Krikken

Friday morning.

After an noisy night in the Marina, due to a bunch of Polish Techno-students from Gdynia, Poland, we woke up at 07:15.

The breakfast Sam cooked form the left-over Pasta sauce with scrambled eggs was fabulous.

He also repaired the 12 V connection to our flash-light, so in case we need, we can sail during the night.

We had a slow start, but anyway we left the harbour of Dunkerque under sail.

Outside the wind was very much in our favour: South force 14-18 knots. This meant half wind for us and therefore good speed and progress.

We cleared the westerly entrance channel by eleven and started our crossing in the direction of the S-Ruytingen Buoy.

The current was also in our favour and turned while we were crossing the international shipping lanes.

We made excellent progress and arrived without any problem at Ramsgate at 16:30 local time.

The first thing we did after the steigerborrel and cleaning the ship, was to find the Royal Temple Yacht Club for a well deserved Guinness.

Anyway: we completed our target and will stay in Ramsgate tomorrow for a nice rest.

We will keep you updated.