Good morning everyone! Its 9am and we are well on our way to Dublin. Howth to be exact and we have had lots of discussion about its pronunciation!
There is a very strange entry in the log from last night
This reads –
Log entry - "0400 Boarded by pirates but bravely repelled by skip"
Well, our decision to lock the boat if we headed into town last night was correct – for at 4am this morning, a guy decided to board our boat and take a little nosey into the open hatch. Fred shouted out in his most manly sounding voice to “go make jerky movements elsewhere matey” and he scarpered! Thanks Fred – you are a treasure!
We were very lucky today, we caught a nice gentle South Easterly as well as beautiful sunshine – with no rush – we had a gorgeous sail to Howth – a lovely place just North of Dublin.
The coastline as we left Arklow just improved along the way and became quite stunning
Really enjoyed the sail. I’ve been taking lots of photos of everyone else,
so handed my camera to Fred and asked him to take some photos of me sailing – this is what he took –
So I asked him to take another!
Thats better Fred!
Great to be sailing in lovely weather We reached Howth, spotting some gorgeous properties along the way
Reached our destination in really good time so we made best use of time by practicing our Man Overboard skills – this time with a fender attached to a bucket which acts as a drogue (another new word I’ve recently learned!) It all makes complete sense, and Fred has made it look very easy. We were all quite relaxed about it, yet it is hard to imagine this piece of plastic in the water could be a person and we are responsible for saving its life! Important to get it right and ensure you get the boat back to the person in the water without running them over with a boat or scrambling their limbs with the props!
Howth’s a pretty place and a lively marina. It is a good tourist trap too and the local restaurants and bars are full of locals and tourists. We found a lovely place called “The Bleeding Stream” and enjoyed Guinness once more – even RoBE enjoyed it!
Going, going....
Gone - you were thirsty RoBE!
The bar was showing Gaelic football – I’ve never seen anything like it before, it looked like a combination of rugby, football and basketball. The locals were passionate in their support, and we joined in of course!
The locals getting very worked up about their rugby
Oh no - the local team lost - but Fred just gets on with sampling the guinness!
Another late, but very enjoyable night. The Round Britain Experience is more than learning to sail – it is an experience in itself! Goodnight!
