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I wear when I go sailing and ever I like

to wear the weather today is really

light winds from the east and the tide

is against us as well and we're having

East so got the boats are on just

popping along about three knots through

the water

two and a half knots of ground and and

this wind is quite chilly and Foreman

although the forecast is due to be

lovely later up indeed the forecast had

promised us that we were going to have

some force for easterly's and some

sunshine but for now we were happy just

a motor sail East at just short of two

knots it was quite nice the wind has

been up and down and after a couple of

hours it was time to check our position

on the chart because we knew something

was coming up on the chart those

rippling waves so we're gonna have to go

quite wide

and then beyond that is Gary's you gotta

be careful it's not to challenge so

we'll stay so a couple of tacks later

took us where we wanted to be but by

this point the wind had shifted and we

have to abandon sailing all together you

can see start point a lighthouse just

off to the part

a quick check on the hand bearing

compass tells us exactly where we are

and that position with the GPS we

plotted on the chart

but what are these wibbly wobbly bits

Nina was talking about

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but thankfully it wasn't too long before

we were over those and onto the scary's

are they scary I'm scary anyway they're

shallow and this meant of course nina

could be in my favourite place making

dinner

Wow it's got a fresh chili and rice

enjoy bye Rick rock

just as we approach

the day mark outside darkness so we're

gonna be sailing on a little bit longer

which is why we thought we'd have tea

and the light but probably got another

maybe I don't know two hours till we get

to the reality at this point however was

the motion of the ocean like a li

beginner to make me feel squiffy don't

feel queasy

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and later with star point well behind us

I was back on top form and helming again

looking at the amazing scenery as we

come in around brixon sadly though the

batteries run out on the camera and that

means you don't get to see how wonderful

it was to come in to Brixham in the dark

so good morning

it's Saturday now here we are in

beautiful bricks and Harbor

it's a very nice set of facilities the

chicks got it wrong it's summer it's

this is actually sunrise really sorry I

wasn't exactly cheap must be thirty quid

for the 26 footer and I've got a nice

shower this morning which is very

enjoyable and just enjoying the sunshine

now having a lovely cup of tea and we'll

be preparing our breakfast shortly which

of course Nina will do because she's

amazing at that type of thing hello

baked them beans and shortly

yummy as well as having a rather nice

marina Brixham Harbor is also a working

fishing area it hasn't always been this

nice though when william of orange

landed at Brixham in 1688 on his way to

claim the throne from James a second he

stepped ashore in a fairly sleepy

fishing village nestling in a quiet

court that the southern end of tour

there it was sheltered from the

prevailing westerly winds by the steep

hills around Barry head but otherwise

had no protection from the elements

fishing vessels then as they do today

dry out in what is the Inner Harbor at

low tide ah they anchor just offshore by

the middle of the 18th century the

village had begun to expand and saw had

the trade and then the harbor got bigger

there's plenty to see and do in modern

brixon Harbor the Mayflower Garden

volunteers have done a great job of

making it look pretty there's plenty of

shopping

Valente of places to eat and drink to

and of course that's what we wanted to

do

but since we'd only paid for one night

in the marina it was time to plan where

we are going next

get yourself a cruising almoner we've

just got this one 2019 the last one we

had was 2008 2008 just a bit out of date

so this was a lovely Christmas doesn't

think Union and the area that we're in

talks with a little section about making

your way from Plymouth around to it's

our very area and we're looking brine

creams for tonight as well so in Tauber

Italy we've got an El Greco in the

southwest corner of the bed and I click

in five metres three cables so they have

the camera

we're here in Brixham Albury Cove is

here so literally just around the corner

so potentially we're gonna go and look

that see what that's like

if we don't like that we're going to

head around to sulk north tongue maybe

timber not timing that's way your thing

and with a passage plan made kind of it

was time to say goodbye to what was a

very nice marina

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so we cut around the corner to Alberico

just to have a little yeah sit on the

anchor nice peaceful time that was

quickly ruined by the water equivalent

of Hell's Angels I don't know what they

would be called but they're very loud

and fast and constant

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enjoy ously however as the Sun is

beginning to set the noise has slowly

disappeared our neighbors have all left

us gone back to their homes with the

exception just one noisy person over

there I think we're in for a beautiful

if not slightly rocky sunset and evening

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father

posture histology

so we are we are here on this lovely

little Bay

elrico and we're gonna be woken up by

jet skis and that's when we're going to

head off run wrong we're gonna make our

way on the motor because it would be

against the time we're gonna make my way

around to dart yeah or maybe Kings we're

and we can sort of check it out the

visits mornings this stuff on tunes and

maybe get a shower and then we can go on

our way back cool sounds maybe if this

other boat sank we are there we can do

that too well maybe we could come out

just take a time in which spot there's

that's where I want to stop and then

we're gonna have to make our way around

here

it's very water probably by about three

o'clock so go away around here before

coming into evening soccer maybe we're

going to make our way up on a bug me

that would be nice Kingsbridge I think

problem like a South called shuffle

so that's hot fan it sounds like the fun

just happened as you were telling me

about what you've planned there wanted a

good sample so why do we need to be

around here at that time

oh because the current has changed it's

gonna be really rough we don't want to

be like there cuz it cuz it's just

really like shallow walternate's is

amazing actually so so far out and then

you've got like this bit

that's kinda nice but yeah I think yousa

missed and when they came around the

other day as well yesterday well good

morning bang on cue 8 or 9 what should

come whizzing past but to high-speed

water health angel air on don't work out

which piece that is there won't forget

it Green something Beach it's whizzing

round and round round in circles I think

from enjoying themselves on the holiday

aside from Westar what we're

and goodnight an anchorage overall at 11

minutes past 5:00 the and Krell arm

sounding that was just because had so

much anchor chain out and I've got him

tonight 36 meters I'd like to change as

the tide to turn and have to smaller and

limit on the alarm 120 yards actually

Neela so that workers up yeah I was

quite a bit of confusion suddenly they

like what the heck snap alarm I've never

heard before

they're always good but you can see we

are still here so not the same call fair

right lovely now it's time to get along

waiting draught healthy for my honey so

with breakfast done the anchor of the

ensign in and we set off sailing well

mind your head

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and with a slowly dying wind all

together but the sails away and made our

way to Nina's Beach Anchorage

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and after a very relaxing time and the

beach there on anchor time to make our

way back around the start point through

the wiggly wobbly bits and RAM to salt

up I've had a little snooze

well Nina was driving but still bit but

as you can see it gets bit wrong people

in this beautiful weather that do the

glorious weather sudden feet shining but

we're supposed to sit for cables away

from the lighthouse until it's there

bearing our 320 and then we conclude

goeth off somewhere over there that was

you go up soul curve and then you turn

towards Kingsbridge and it's first thing

on the right there

because we ran out of darling no tea no

coffee

no cups of tea no meals oh my word

we got some names

the greats working

the fridge is a blue bag of cold ice

blocks and the microwave is a black bag

that attracts the Sun so I've found a

little bit of wind I thought I'll see if

we can motor sail but you'll see how I'm

in the shade it just so happens that the

Sun is blocking out this is the sail is

blocking out the SONA

if I have to put the sail down have some

more bit of sauce I've never done

there's sunshine challenges are hard and

then last as he dope winds to build or

sales is bad enough

6:00 p.m. Neely on Sunday not the engine

running still some literally only just

only just turned it off book sales up

say it again so that alarm was our

half-meter warning this evening in

Salkin we have decided to come to South

need help zero lastly we just run

aground officially

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it really is very exciting exploring

little rivers

just ahead of us I can see a little

white like see another two dinghies

there but the chart says that this all

dries out completely

it's like debris in the water as well

well here we are

all securely a shot thankfully we made

it up the river Nina have you reckon and

now the adventure continues doesn't it

I'm not entirely sure where this port is

but we've been walking down the street

for a little while here I'll say Street

it's her yeah then we've seen drunken

people come back this way so there must

be oh that's definitely that's no that's

not real is it

no parking keep clear road access

[Laughter]

the next morning we made use of the

fantastic half hour free parking at

Sulkin marina and use the free showers

to our we welcomed Selena our friend to

sail back with us to Connecticut so

we're starting here we're going around

out so could pass bolt-head hotel and

then we take a straight line to the new

stone depending on the wind and then

we're gonna go past the shack stone the

breakwater and into turnt up we got our

new crew mate to work straightaway

hoisting the sales and helming today was

the strongest wind that we'd had for the

whole weekend and with Selena at the

helm doing an amazing job we were able

to relax a little bit and send Nina into

the galley again it's got a little bit

like us so is tipping a little bit so

I'm holding on tight

oh we can see there is because we got

gas the jungle rate nor the DIY shop was

in Sunbury it was just a yeah which had

everything so I've even got somewhere I

don't know where it is I even got some

silicon not sealant which needs doing

but on the helm is she's just taken to

it she absolutely when is the last time

you sailed before sailing today we're

gonna do we name our also helm to Selena

now rather than Susan we wanted to enjoy

our dinner in a relatively flat bolt so

we figured it was best to heave -

leaving - is when you put the jib on the

wrong side of the boat sheets in the

main as tight as you can and then let go

of everything the boat tends to sit nice

calm and flat which gives us a little

bit of time to enjoy our dinner and to

chat together

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I don't know if you can see the moose

stunt coming into shop and then the my

little boo store next to it so we're on

a dead run now the wind is shifting

around us winds tend to do and we're

really struggling I said earlier how we

didn't have a spinnaker but what we do

have is a spinnaker pole which I have

hung out now onto the jib and you'll

notice

the men on the other side so we're we're

goose wings is really really well and

with the wind directly behind us

it was easy sailing home past the new

storm past the shag stone and back into

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