Noon Thursday 22nd 52:02N 06:09W
Bellone
Thu 22 Jun 2023 06:50
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It's been a messy twenty four hours weather-wise but we
did have a glorious afternoon sailing along the Irish coast in sunshine to rival
that of St Lucia. It does make a difference having the big genoa at the
front of the boat available.
The wind deserted us completely at midnight and so we've
had the engine on since.
Ian and I left Pwllheli on the 28th September last year,
and so it's almost eight nine months since I left Pwllheli. It seems a bit
strange that the adventure is coming to an end, but Columba and myself are off
to Scotland next month on the boat and so I have that to look forward
to.
There will be a blog tomorrow but that will be more for
the sake of completeness for the record than anything else.
There have been times of incredible highs during the
last few months, but they have also been matched by times of deep lows as well
but I accept that as part of the deal but in the end, it is the good times
that always shine through and I have those by the bucket full.
A few thanks 'yous':
To my wife, for her support in this venture, and
listening to my moaning during the times of being becalmed.
My mother who has always encouraged me to do these
sailing trips, and her continued support as ever.
To Ian, for the time and effort he put into the boat. It
didn't happen this time but he has his life ahead of him to do his own
campaign.
To my brothers for their emails and text messages, and
for the forthcoming reunion with my younger brother. Stand-by!
To all the wonderful people I met and hopefully without
taking liberties, now call my friends. A special mention to the outstanding
people of Rodney Bay. You know who you are!
And especially to you, for taking the time to read
these little snippets from the good ship Bellone. I hope they were slightly
interesting.
Diolch i chi.
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