We made it ! Helford to L'aber W'rach

We made an early start from the Helford at 3.30am. It was beautiful but very very dark. The moon was completely obscured by clouds and Liz did a great job navigating us through the moorings without mishap.

Our worry after that was lobster pots(of which there are many) . We had tried to plot a course through them the afternoon before but you never can be sure that you have found them all.

Paul and Varda Lewis in their beautiful Rustler 42 joined us for a cruise in company across the channel which went very well. After a couple of hours motoring the NW winds kicked in and we had 7 hours of broad reaching at around 7knts - that's what I call champagne sailing ! We were also blessed with a large (15 'ish) strong pod of very playful dolphins who escorted us for about ten minutes . Anyone seeing them dashing along our sides and playing in the bow wave could not avoid the conclusion that they were having a great time.

Arrived in L'aber W at around 6.30pm . It was a slightly daunting entrance with very large rocks all around and this , combined with a sea mist made us take the local pilotage very seriously.