Tuesday, 11 August 2009

Favorable winds at last!

Position: 57•29'.78N 001•47'.45W, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.
It was a great run down from Wick, with the wind behind us all the way, even managed to get the spinnaker up for the first time. Getting it down when the wind picked up to F5was fun!
Last night was incredibly clear, almost no cloud cover, so we got an excellent view of the build up to the Persidic meteor shower, which peaks over the next few nights. Forecast says rain, so we may not see any more, typically.
Stocked up on food and fuel and we're off to Amble next, an overnight passage of 130M. With favorable winds forecast again, we should make excellent time (could be very wet though!).
That will leave us with a short sail on Thursday, to get to Newcastle for a long weekend not sailing!

Oh, and the other picture is how not to moor a boat! You've got tp feel sorry for them.
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