Moved on at last to Ardglass. Posn: 54:15.71N, 05:36.37W

Circumnavigation of Ireland
Roy Ratazzi
Wed 3 Aug 2022 20:25
After 4 days in Bangor, during I met a few friends and had 2 days out with a resident friend, Reg Maxwell, who took me out in his car to see Belfast, its surrounds and Strangford Lough. I enjoyed the sights and the meals out in local restaurants. How er, I felt the urge to move on, despite the gloomy forecast of continuing strong winds. But I detected a change in the weather pattern this morning and hoped the gusts would not be as strong as forecast. The decision was a good one. On leaving harbour there was hardly any wind but it soon picked up, which with the tide in my favour for the first few hours, allowed me to average about 7 knots until the tide changed.

But the wind direction was kind to me, at last, in that it veered from SW to W to NW, just what I needed. I covered 38.5 nms in 7.5 hours and avoided the rain, which came down on my arrival in Ardglass.

The photo below shows my first sighting of the Mourne mountains.

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The rocky small marina in Ardglass, with Gemini visible.

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An overview of the quaint marina, with fishing harbour (not visible) to the right.

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The rocky approach and fishing harbour. Herrings and prawns are caught around there.

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Tomorrow I intend departing very early to make the 55nm passage to Howth near Dublin. It is a plan, which may change.

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