Carlingford

Up wind all day. 5 knots of wing then 25kts then 5 kts again arrived late on the tide and hade to punch tide all the way in. There was a lot of tide and it was all leaving the entrance to the marina was going to be very shallow, we lifted half the keel and half the rudder. In in time for a pint. As we left the bar we could see a late arrival to the marina they must have been almost on the bottom. It was our Italian friends from Milford haven in there Ovni 34 they had keel, and rudder fully up and were struggling to hand the boat in the tiny marina entrance. With a few thrown lines we had them tied up in in no time. We offer them a beer and supper in the half lite. My signature sausage risotto was going to have to be good.Read more