Lossiemouth to Chatham - Day 11 Friday 1st August.

We are tied to a pontoon at Queensborough with a misbehaving engine. The pontoon is usable but not officially reopened after repairs but had little choice in tying up here, hope nobody minds.

Three of the guys had to depart from here to catch early flights and trains. Charlie had another go at clearing the airlocks in the cooling system.....success we have water coming through the cooling system, although there are still three impeller fins still lurking about inside somewhere.

Elite Sailing sent Spitfire, another boat to offer assistance but it was fixed by the time they arrived.

We are motoring the last 10 miles to the Chatham Maritime Marina and the finish of the adventure.

We were tied up in our berth by 1200. Sort and pack our gear, clean the boat, shower and away. Dave and Gwen were away first as they were getting picked up by friends, Charlie the skipper and Jenny, another of the crew, and I went for a bar lunch. We were the last ones off the boat, just got to get a train to Victoria and the Megabus Gold Sleeper and I will be home about 1030 tomorrow morning.