Little bit of excitement last night as the Hebredian Sky cruise ship came past and turned round in the bay by Dartmouth Marina.
After a quick stop to fill the water tanks, we were off down the river by 0700 hrs. A sunny but cold morning with hardly a breath of wind. Bye Bye Dartmouth
As soon as we were clear of the Mewstone the northerly wind kicked in and with full sail up, we were soon (bowling along at 8kts. Now the chartplotter kindly displays an estimated journey time, and it said 8:5 hrs. Home by mid afternoon, sounds great! but it’s a long way and after 2 hours, the tidal stream was against us, The wind had petered out to nothing, The engine was on and we were only doing 5ks over the ground. How long to go? 12 hrs. DOH!!
It was a tedious journey across Lyme Bay and I had elected to stand out to sea and go south of the Shamble Bank and subsequently the St Aldheim race. Not done that before and whilst It was a less bumpy ride, it lacked that milestone effect.
The wind kicked in from the South for the last few hours and we were able to sail into Swanage.
We were tired so we just left everything on the boat and headed home.
Tomorrows another day and we can tidy up then.
4 Kidneys and a Wonky Leg 