Thursday, 21 June 2012

Where have we been?

Since my last we've had a couple of days of upwind sailing in strong breezes. The first saw us arriving in Portmagee where the visiors moorings have disappeared so we anchored next to another British yacht, a Starlight 35. The next mooring a small amount of sail repairing put pay to our catching the morning southbound tide. We left as soon as we could with a double reef in both main and jib. The Starlight left just ahead, motoring, and we assumed they must be catching the tide North. However they then motored south crashing into quite a sea, we aren't sure why as it looked jolly uncomfortable. Our tack took us straight across to the Skelligs which we tacked in between, an amazing place.
We were intending to overnight in Garnish Bay but progress being slow we changed our minds and set course for Derrynane Harbour. It's a very intricate entrance but we felt our way through despite the swell. We were then kindly guided to a mooring by a fisherman, who told us it was his brother's who was away. We offered him some money which he declined so we spent it supporting the local economy in Keatings Bar...
We are shorty to arrive in Garnish Bay for lynch whilst we await the tide though Dursey Sound.

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