We set off from Brighton at 1200 after only one nights stay. There was no wind for our trip to Eastbourne, but nice sunshine through the misty bits. We sat on the fordeck with the autopilot remote control, sunbathing until it started veering off course for no reason and I went back to the cockpit to keep an eye on it. There was some excitement when a dive boat called a mayday for an unconcious diver, and some more going through the overfalls at beachy head.
We called up Eastbourne marina outside the entrance and were told to proceed into the lock with the green light. It was our first time on our own in a lock and we had ropes hanging off everything for every eventuality. When we arrived there were already eight boats inside the 50m long lock, and we had to squeeze into a really tight spot. One other boat came in, down the middle and the gates shut - easy!
Mum & Rob came down on Sunday to see us & to bring essential supplies of popadoms & chillies as well as the wet suits.
