Bridlington to Grimsby

The harbour at Bridlington dries out, which meant in the morning, before starting the engine, I had to bleed the air out of the stern gland. This meant pulling out my bedding and seat cushion so I could reach the stern gland, just so that I could give it a squeeze. 

Even so, we still left before 07:30. One of the problems with Bridlington is, we could only leave at, or near, high water, because it dries out. This meant that we were to have the tide flowing against us all the way to Spurn Point. At times our speed over the ground dropped to 3.5 knots. Also what little wind there was was SE against us. During the passage south east we crossed the Greenwich Meridian. 

But once round Spurn Point and into the Humber, we had the tide with us and the wind picked up so we were racing along at nearly eight knots. 

But we couldn't get through the lock at Grimsby until two hours before high water, so we had to kill some time just tacking back and forth, waiting for the tide to rise. 

Once through the lock we were met at the pontoon by Keith and Hillary, who I met at Whitby and had crewed for in the Whitby Regatta. They took us off to the local supermarket for some provisions and then out to a local restaurant for a very pleasant evening. Thank you, Keith and Hillary.