Sunday, August 30, 2009

Waterford (Irish South coast)

We sailed 15M up the river Suir this morning and arrived in Waterford.
Looks like nice town with amazing golfcourse. The sail started very
smoothly yesterday pm. Dublin bay was full of racing boats, some sun,
3bf and totally smooth water. Pieter hoped the rest of the week is
going to be like that... Around dinnertime the wind tuned to SW. And
picked up to 5-6bf on the nose and we ended up motorsailing in rocky
seas. This lasted until early morning when the wind turned farther to
the south and we got an angle to sail to Waterford rather fast. In the
end we sailed about 100 miles in 20 hours - an excellent start-up
sail!
Matthew and Pieter have been adapting fast. Rene spotted Dolphins /
Poroises and Matthew nearly ran over a sleeping seal/sea-lion. It is
unclear who got the biggest scare.
We cleaned boat, gave the town a 'Chippendale shower show' and are now
ready for drinks!

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