We set off from our windy anchorage at Peil Island at around 10.30 this morning and at around 11.00 we got the sails up and the motor off, to start with we got around 3.3 knots which was ok, but at 1.00 we had to use the motor as the wind dropped but suddenly the wind changed and we managed to squeeze 6 knots out of the sails and stayed at that for half an hour. Gradually the wind came more northerly and so we had to start tacking up the coast. Although the boat was going quite fast we weren’t making much headway to Whitehaven as the tide was against us. As the tide eased we started to make better headway towards St Bees Head until after our evening meal of turkey curry the wind finally gave up. So after a good 3 hours of tacking we turned to the motor to get us to Whitehaven at around 9.30. Overall we had a great time looking at the Isle of Man (could be heading there later) and the West Cumbrian coastline.
How was your day???
Chris and Joe
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