Passage to Plymouth

Interesting Sail for our first long passage, left in a light NE which quickly died and left us with the motor on for quite a few hours. Still we managed a nice dinner of cheese and cauliflower soup with fresh baked rolls yummy !!

Then the wind filled in and we cracked along with a F5-6 NE which got bumpier and bumpier as we approached Start point.

Amanda fast asleep in the port side sea berth Zzzzzzzz

Visibility wasn't great with a slight mist and no moon at all, we were very glad of our AIS system as there were quite a few ships and fishing boats around. We also had a bit of a shock when we found ourselves in the middle of a massive thunderstorm which lit the sea up around us. No scary moments though just a long slog and arrived in Plymouth safe and sound just after sun up.

Sunrise over Prawl point

Had a good day in Plymouth lazing around and making the most of hot water showers. It took us a day to recover from the Scoperderm patches we both use to ward off seasickness. These patches are great and pretty much eliminate all traces of sickness, but they do have some odd side effects, the worst of which is that Amanda suffers from double vision (lucky her that means two of me !!) and we also discovered that neither of us could read when we first arrived. I think the marina staff thought we had been taking too many recreational drugs !!