I want to go on a Thames spritsail barge, there are loads down at Maldon which is only a few miles away. A yacf trip would be ace.
I've been on one of those.
There's a guy who sails from what used to be called Neptune's Arm in Herne Bay, takes you with him for something like a fiver.
Goes out to the Maunsell Sea Forts.
He's a one man outfit, so at some point you can expect to be handed a rope with a request 'can you hold onto this and not let it go, I'll take it from you in a few minutes'.
The best bit though, is when he cuts the diesel and your moving along at a fair old clip, more than enough to have wind in your hair, in complete and utter silence.
Before we'd left the confines of the harbour (if you can call it that) one of the people on the barge eagerly asked of him 'So, where are we going today?'
With a resigned but patient look, like that of a man who has answered the question a thousand times he replied 'That depends on which way the wind is blowing.....'
