After “sleeping on it”, the decision to abandon the last leg to the Scillies seemed a little over cautious. Time will tell on that statement. So this morning , on reviewing the weather forecast we decided to go for it.
We left on the stroke of 8 am and motored out of the Helford river past the Royalist training ship anchored at the entrance. We were rewarded in the first four hours by lots of fair tide giving us an additional 4kts as we went past Lizard Point. The wind was reasonable at first but later died and went onto the nose. The engine was employed most of the way to boost the speed as we should have left at 6am and wanted to make good time.
Dolphins were a regular feature during the day, many coming to join the boat and play around the bows. This always breaks up the monotany of a long passage and sightings never fail to lift spirits.
You may have seen on the news that there are a couple of birds, ” Boobies” rare to Britain have taken up residence on the Bishops Rock Lighthouse. We kept an eye out for them as we passed, but as we were not sure quite what they look like, we may or may not have seen one or both of them.
We are currently moored in New Grimsby Sound, awaiting the stronger winds tomorrow.
4 Kidneys and a Wonky Leg 