We set off just before 10 for the very short trip to the marina mooring. This marina has two entrances and we are in the half that is served by the northern - today the further - entrance. After turning into the marina the next task was to line up for a tight right turn into the narrow channel into the newest basin, Swan.
Across this channel is also a swing footbridge - at least the length of the channel is plenty to come to a rest and let off a crew member to open the bridge. (Not sure what a single hander would do)
Our mooring is only just into this basin so a tight turn is needed. We almost made it at first attempt but at the last moment the breeze pushed us just a bit too far into the basin and we were heading for the next slot up!
All we could do was to back off some distance down into the basin and approach from the opposite direction this time and we made it with just a little help from a rope taken off the front to help with the last part of the turn without scraping the next door boat. Next time we will probably try going rather further into the basin and plan to make an about turn before attempting to slot in and onto the pontoon. At least this time there was only a gentle breeze - quite unusual for a marina, which is necessarily a wide open space.
After coffee Mike and Andrew set off to drive up to Leamington where Andrew had left his car . Only just over half an hour. A couple of minutes to transfer his luggage and we were both back on the road. The return trip was just as uneventful (thankfully)
Meanwhile, Christine had been to the office and checked that our paperwork was now in order. She also made a start on the domestic chores that would take up the rest of the day for both of us.
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