Bound for Lymington

In the morning Declan who is training for a triathlon headed off on a run while I headed for a coffee and apple tart. Priorities, priorities!!

After doing some provisioning I returned to Eureka and Declan arrived soon after.

We left the marina at 13.30 and soon after we departed a Russian frigate arrived and sailed into the berth we had just left.
It was lucky it had not arrived earlier as we would have given it a broadside of the few apples and oranges we had.
The frigate was a replica of one built by Peter the Great in the 1700's. As it sailed into the port it fired a cannon and this reverberated off the town making it sound much louder than it actually was .

We had a nice sail in the lovely sunshine out of the harbour but when we turned turned east and went on a broad reach, the wind eased.
We headed south of the infamous Eddystone Lighthouse and set a course for the next headland on our route, Start Point.

We changed course to go a bit more south and that instead put us on a broad reach rather than a run and we made better time.
But even that didn't last and we eventually had to drop the sails and turn on the engine, motoring along on a calm sea and when night came, the clear sky gave us plenty of stars overhead. The lights of the towns ashore showed us where the coast was.Read more