Lots of new sounds, most of them quite worrying, as we parked on the rocky beach and went up and down with the tide. The grinding crushing noise of landing & taking off and the banging as the boats starts to float and drifts sideways into the other small rocks.
We left at 1000 for Polpero in wind from 2-9kts, flat calm sea and sunshine (on a bank hol!), sailing all the way until a mile off when the wind totally disapeared and we were just drifting. After taking a mooring buoy at 1550 I cut my head walking into the door when the harbour master asked for his £10 for the night. We took the dingy ashore and went for a walk while it was still sunny, returning after the tide was high enough to bring Janix into the harbour.
We planned to moor alongside another boat and were just about to when someone shouted for us to come alongside the harbour wall. This meant reversing back where we came and turning in a really confined space, while coming alongside like telegraph poles stuck into the floor. A crowd was gathered to watch too. No pressure though! Luckily someone caught our rope, and within half an hour there was a rats nest of ropes & horizontal fenders holding us off the poles.
This morning the battery was flat - surprise - so when we left I rigged the genny on the fordeck. Although there was hardly any wind again, it was the best sailing I've done. All three sails were up and filled, the engine was ticking over keeping us at about 4kts and we plugged the remote control in and laid on the fordeck in shorts & sunglasses all the way home. The most effort I made was to lift a hand to wave now & again, although at least I stayed awake unlike some.
