Grimsby to Bridlington, or Scarborough

It was spring tide on the day we left Grimsby, and the lock is normally on freeflow from HW- 2 to HW+2, but on springs they shut the lock gates HW-1 to HW+1 to stop any flooding. We therefore left at 06:10 and motored against a foul tide for an hour or so. The Humber was very busy with many large ships, but having AIS on the plotter gave us confidence that we understood all the activity around us and that we could pilot a safe course to the mouth of the Humber.

We passed the tetney monobouy again and saw a tanker discharging crude oil into this pipe head.



We saw lots of seals, some coming very close to Serenity once the engine was off and the sail up outside the mouth of the Humber. A beautil sunny day.

As we progressed northwards towards Bridlington, we realised that we would arrive very early, so after some calculations, we decided to push on to Scarborough attracted by the facilities and the promise of WiFi.

We made good progress until the tide turned as we passed Flanborough Head. Hitting a 4kn current, we had the engine running and finally the scooper raised .

Arrived Scarborough at 19:30. initially entered incorrect dock looking for moorings - the pilot book and the almanac have not caught up with the new developments. Scarborough seemed to have a lot of tattoo shops and goth stuff, and I wish we had time to visit the castle