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Going in the water
Thursday 2nd June 2011 at Oldcour boatyard. 1500.... going in the water...!
Got FR in the water this afternoon. High tide was about 1800 and we were in about 1500. Tied up to a pontoon and went through that annual moment when you start the engine for the first time. Will it start? Is there cooling water coming out the back? It actually started the first turn of the key and ran beautifully all the way to Baltimore. It was a beautiful day for it and it took about 90 minutes. There were a few hairy moments when we were reading 1.5M on the depth but we never bottomed out. Found our mooring occupied by a Glenans boat so we took the first available and spent the night on that. Next day the Glenans people explained that they had lost a mooring in a storm and had to grab the first free one. So they moved.
Friday and Saturday were hot and beautiful. It was like being in Spain... Sunday dawned cold and breezy but it was brightened up by a lunchtime visit from Noel and Nina. We headed back to Cork later that evening.
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Ruaidhri and Michelle
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hey
Jesus where´s the rest of you gone! looking great.