Norfolk Broads 2011 Day 3

Only a few wind pumps to see on the way to Yarmouth

The vast expanse of Breydon Water is a bit daunting!

We had a lazy morning at Stokesby as the tides wouldn't be right to get through Great Yarmouth until after 15:00. There was a nice little shop at Stokesby and we took the opportunity to stock up with a few supplies. We were joined at the moorings by our boats sister boat, Sapphire 3. We then left to make the long journey down to Yarmouth. During the holiday we had been using our amateur radio to transmit our position, Peter (Julies father) had been kindly plotting our course and some of his plots are attached to this blog. Some parts of Yarmouth as seen from the river are a little past their sell by date and look rather dilapidated. There is no doubt that it's very important to attempt passing though Yarmouth at the correct time for the tide, anything else could certainly be dangerous as the tides run very fast and as you round to go towards Breydon Water you meet the tide from another direction. Breydon Water itself is a huge expanse of water and can be quite rough when the wind and tide are unkind. The trip across took us more than an hour. We were helped by the GPS's on our phones to accurately find the exit onto the River Yare. The tides here go up and down by about 2 metres and this can make mooring hazardous from the point of view of the length of rope you leave and from the point of view of getting on and off the boat. The banks can tower over the boat. We passed Reedham deciding instead to moor at Cantley, this turned to be a wise decision. As you approach Cantley you see the large sugar factory but the actual mooring , near a pub, is very quiet.

 

Cantley from Peter's plot on Google Maps

Route to and across Breydon Water