Douglas back to Piel Island

This morning we were up at 0630 and had some breakfast. We had to get up this early to make the most of the tide. The boat then departed from Douglas in the Isle of Man at 0710. Last night we had to spend the night attached to an Isle of Man Fisheries boat, to save us getting up every hour to adjust the mooring lines. During the day we sailed for 10 hours and had hot dogs for lunch. We had some fantastic sailing today, getting the boat up to 8 knots, with blue skies. Some of us needed a snooze on the poop deck due to the early start. We arrived at Piel Island (52 nautical miles later) at 1730 for tea; we had fish and chips, then pancakes for pudding. We were then treated to Camerons “Award Ceremony”, I won best driver and best drink maker! As the award ceremony dragged on, some of us went fishing off the boat. We are finishing the night with a game of cards. The boat is running out of milk so I can’t make my award winning hot chocolate.
Lewis