saturday night in ballycastle...

Position 54•12'47N 006•14'27W Ballycastle, NI
Weather: W3-4, patchy clouds and sunny spells

Turns out Ballycastle, up there in deepest darkest NI, is a very nice place indeed.
We arrived at about 8, after beating our way up the coast from Larne. We ended up missing the tide through Rathlin Sound, not just because we left late because Casey overslept, but also just the fact we were beating… again!
Had fun trying to sail through the opposing tides, but eventually had to give up. Seeing as we were going nowhere,though we were making 6kts, the tide through Rathlin Sound basically tells you to go the other way. We were only 3M short of the harbour which was the real bummer.
Off to londonderry today's tide, to catch up on a bit of shopping! Hopefully we'll get a place on the pontoon right in the city, may well be a pin there too!
Its a 30(ish)M trip, should take us about 6hrs, though judging on our last few passages, it could be anywhere from 6 to 16hrs. Let's see if Dylan can be the first to get a tidsl gate right!