favourite with holiday makers and bicyclists. We left with an ok forecast,
F4 from the W, well it was a bit closer to NW which was where we were going
and also a bit closer to F5 . So we were hard on the wind lee rail under
etc. The swell was 1.5m to 2m and it was a good strong sail.
Now when we got out of the harbour and had cleared and the rocks off the
adjacent headland and could set our course there was another larger boat a
way off and also beating to windward. Now we steadily drew ahead until they
disappeared over the horizon. I was very pleased with Sunbird and my
seamanship to have come in an hour ahead of a larger boat. On arrival in
port we [I] missed the finger pontoon and were swept on to the next boat,
fortunately we both had fenders out and we winched ourselves into place.
Actually the wind was now almost F6 and almost every boat that come in also
made a hash of so I felt abit better! After we had recovered in my case with
a medicinal glass of whisky. The other larger boat referred to earlier came
in. It had a good mast and rigging but was a home made steel box and if it
had beaten us in I think I would have taken up caravanning!
On Thursday Esther and Olly join us and so we need to get to the mainland to
collect them. I say this because it is blowing very hard indeed almost a
gale and the wind is whistling through the rigging and buffeting the boat
and so no one is going out of the port today.
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