Lundy via bude

Our first trip was to be to Lundy About 50 miles via a fly by at Bude, our home town. We left the Camel estuary early on the tide, still working through all of the new bits on the boat, a 50mile down wind sail ahead of us. The wind started very light, but as always on the north coast. It wasn’t long before it was 20 Kts just what we needed to make some progress and keep us focussed. By the time we got to Bude the fog had come and the wind had died. We wave at our friends up on compass point and set a coarse along the rocky coast past Northcott and Sharpnose point. The wind built to 25 kts and the fog got thicker. Lundy appeared to od the fog dark and a little menacing in those conditions. Only the bottom of the island showing as the top was lost in fog. After some faffing we were happy with our anchoring spot while the wind still roared outside of the bay. The pub beckoned and a warm meal was found.Read more