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With all arrangements in place we motored up to the lock at the entrance to Milford Haven marina. The lock was ready for us and we were soon moored up in our allocated berth right next to the harbour office. We checked in, had a really good breakfast in the local café and then started […]

On taking the mainsail down the night before we found that the slider for the bottom batten was broken. It had lost a part, either broken or shaken loose. Richard spent the morning hunting for a suitable spare part amongst his various nuts and bolts but none seemed to fit so he emailed the maker

We set off as planned at 5am just behind the Irish yacht and hoisted sail and made really good speed south close hauled in a southwesterly breeze. There was one patch off the headland south of Greystones (Wicklow) where the wind was a bit fluky and we put in a short tack but after that

We had a coffee in the posh bakery in the marina, shopped at Lidl and then in the centre of town. It really blew all day and an Irish boat trying to go south from Howth came in to say they had given up as it was just too windy. Nevertheless a rather eccentric Frenchman

The forecast was for strong southerly winds for a few days and we didn’t fancy being in Howth for any longer. Port rot would set in!! We decided to make a short hop south to Greystones on the other side of Dublin bay, only about 20 miles away. It was an early start to catch