Re: Fw:49:55:14N 06:18:71W
magicroundabout
brian thomas
Thu 14 Jun 2012 09:59
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10th June
Arrived St Mary's on the scilly isles on sunday
10th june.Good sail from dartmouth. 135 miles in 28 hours.
Pam was in the sick bay with a nasty cold on top of
her shingles so we adopted a 2 man, 4 hour shift.
The weather was excellent with blue skies and
scattered clouds. this is indeed an idylic place.
motored to New grimsby sound next day and anchored
off Tresco and Brymer.
Next day we left for St martins just 5 miles away
but a tricky entrance between rocks.
Transits and eyeball navigation is the keyword
here!.
St Martins is my favourite island and wednesday the
13th was an absolute beauty with blue skies and emerald blue seas.
We should have left for Ireland on wednesday but
after much sole searching decided that 24 hours of motoring into a NW wind
predicted we are staying until the present low depresion has passed over and
crossing the UK!
Thursday 14th June.
Its ten am and the winds are gusting 49 knots.I am
so glad we didnt attempt to sail to Ireland and are moored up on a bouy. We are
going to set off at high tide to return to St marys which is the main port with
plenty of mooring bouys and hopefully less exposed as the weather forecast is
for stronger winds to come.
Everyone has presented their passage plan back to
St marys as we have to thread our way through some narrow gaps.
Last night Andy, pam and frank overstayed
their visit to the hotel bar at St martins hotel.
Dave and myself chuckled as we saw the jetty
boatslip disappear under water with te dinghy attached. I decided to telephone
the hotel to raise the alarm and low and behold the tree of them came scampering
down the slipway to retrieve the dinghy! luckerly it was only a knee high paddle
to reach the mooring line.
So hopefully by Saturday evening we will be able to
set sail for Ireland after this howler has passed through.
all the best
Brian
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