Fairwinds Takes Her Departure - 1:00 AM, Aug. 23, 2006 |
Sunday 30th July - Tuesday 1st August
Several short day sails were spent adjusting my new DIY stand-up genoa sheet blocks
On one, I’d planned to circumnavigate Shuna but chickened out when I realised that one of the legs would involve short-tacking into F5.
A first was achieved when I managed to complete another sail without using the engine at all though I'd warmed it up both before leaving and before returning, just in case.
Wednesday 2nd August
Happy Birthday to me.
Nick and Kathy had had the use of a friend’s private pontoon in Clachan Sound (while I was on their mooring!) to complete Fairwinds’ provisioning and Nick hailed me on 16 to say that they were ready to cast off.
I'd planned to sail with them for a bit but conditions were just too good for them. A beautiful hour running downwind in F4 would probably have required 4 hours tacking back into F4/5 and a knot of foul tide. So I bobbed around outside Balvicar Bay instead and took pictures as they cruised serenely past with just the new genoa up.
Sensibly, having gone to Craobh for diesel they decided that that was quite far enough for their first leg and that a moment to attempt to relax, recuperate and assimilate was the seamanlike course of action. The longest journey begins with a single step.
Bon Voyage.
Miles this trip 23 Miles this season 258 (s/h 72) |
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