Day2
1000knights
Fri 20 Aug 2010 12:02
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Hi folks, first of all many thanks to all our shore
leaving party, aside from drinking us dry and so ensuring a safer voyage, we
were genuinely delighted to have such a brilliant send off. Hopefully what
follows will be as fun and as memorable.
Well, as no doubt some expected, once past Hurst we
found ourselves in short, steep, cross waves with 30 knots of wind on the
nose. Fun conditions for the maiden. Having left Lym at 16:15 at
around 18:30 skip diverted to Poole. (huge sigh of relief from crew who
were not greatly amused at the prospect of a non stop to Falmouth ... yep, no
brawn). Poole beckoned us with arrival at 22:30 after a trip of
approx 20 nm (yep no where fast). Pea soup, Jen's sandwiches and
early bed.
At 06:15 crew a little surprised to see
our mooring buoy fading into the distance. Skip was underway ...
single handed! Passage to anvil and portland bill motor sail. After
portland falls we fell 20degrees off course with all sails and peace and
quiet from the engine. A beautiful sailed followed avg 6-7knots over land
in 15-20knots of wind. As wind shifted to south we tightened up our
heading and managed to reach Dartmouth without a tack. ETA
Dartmouth 18:30 after passage of 80nm and welcomed by red arrow fly past.
Crew now finding new sleeping arrangements as King Neptune managed to wash the
f'orard cabin through hatch ... oh well Rob's gear deluged and he's one
tough ...... so doesn't really
mind.
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