Hi Guys, Welcome to East Coast Sailing. Come and join me on Evania a Beneteau Oceanis 343 after I completed a 10 week refit on the boat i brough 6 months ago. This is the 1st time I have taken my new boat off shore and its for a shakedown sail to find any issues with the boat before the big trip. I'm travelling from Tollesbury to Chatham In Kent. I planned a route that would take me past all of the well preserved historic forts, towers & ship wrecks located in the Thames Estuary. I have taken some great footage of the Knock John Tower, Shivering Sands Fort, Red Sands Fort & the SS Richard Montgomery, an old WW2 ship that sank carrying 7000 tonnes of explosives which is becoming unstable. Crossing the Thames Estuary is no easy task, there's even a book written about it to help prepare people. I had sea fog to contend with and very busy shipping lanes. I had a close encounter with a cargo ship Adaline. We stayed at Chatham Marina which is one of the best marinas ran by the MDL group. We had a really good trip and spent 3 nights there. We also visited the historic dockyards which ill cover in the next video. If you would like to know more about the forts, there is plenty of information online and I am part of 2 appreciation groups on Facebook called Radio Essex on Maunsell Sea Fort Knock John & the other group is called The Maunsell Seaforts Appreciation Group. Hope you enjoy the footage. All the best Rob