Tuesday 18 June 2013

Across the Forth

Bell Rock Lighthouse - 3nm off, calm day
Second time lucky - here's the Log entries:
Away at 0730, calm sea, no wind, clear sky.
Saluted Bell Rock Lighthouse as we passed 3m west of it.
Puffins!  One big black fin sighted, not sure what was attached.
Played with the Radar, got it working well after adjusted various parameters.
Flat calm in middle of Firth of Forth so motored in eight directions around the compass, comparing the Compass, the Autohelm and the Plotter GPS headings - now all we have to do is work out which one we believe, and what the deviation is on the Compass.
1430: F2 from East, motor off, full sails, making 2.5kn with 5kn on the beam.
Tightened mainsail outhaul, and moved genoa car fully aft - gave us another 0.5kn.
1530: slow quiet sailing is pleasant but will get us in too late, so motor on again.
1745: Arrive in Eyemouth, lots of boats including commercial and only one pontoon along the harbourside - after some thought we rafted against a large cruiser, and the Dutch couple on board were very helpful.

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