Dinghy Diary

We didn’t get too much chance to use the dinghies during our recent break on the Broads. The weather was either too bad, or the chance just never arose. We put in some serious cruising hours on most days of the holiday.

On the few occasions we did use them they really came into their own. We had a great trip through Lowestoft docks, looking at the big ships from a whole new angle, they really are huge close up and from a lower perspective.

We also used the dinghies to get from the anchored boats to the beach. This was again on one of the days with much better weather. Getting from the boat onto the dinghy and vice versa is quite tricky when both the boat and dinghy are bobbing around at different rates. The trip was worth it though as we were rewarded with miles of golden beach and the chance to get up close to the seal population of Blakeney.

We did find another use for the dinghy. A lot of the moorings on the Broads are stern in. Naughty-Cal struggles to do this as her stern gear overhangs the rear of the boat by quite some margin. The solution was simple. Lower the dinghy on the davits and step across onto the bank. Simple.