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Published: July 30th 2011
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Departed Dunmore East at 0620 and arriverd at Roches Point at 1525. Nine hours to do 55 nMiles. This started as a really fast sail..... touching over 8 knots..... then a bit of motoring off Ballycotton before picking up the wind again as we approached Cork harbour.
The previous afternoon we had a stroll around Dunmore East. Checked with the harbour master and he said we were fine rafted off the cruiser. Most of the fishing boats were off up the Irish Sea so there was no pressure on space. It was a hot afternoon and so we entered a hostelry fo refreshments. Asa soon as the pint was on the counter they switched on the racing channel so we finished our drinks and went next door to Powers which was a bit more pleasant. Then in to Centra for supplies before returning to the boat for a big dinner which really wiped us out! But we could not rest as we had arranged to meet some friends at 8 in Powers. This we did but left soon after 10 because of an early start the next morning.
As soon as we left we turned WSW to Cork and had a
N F4 on our starboard. With full main and full jib we screamed along at between 5.5 and 8.3 knots. It was literally hold on to the tiller! I guess that I should have reefed and I was seriously considering that option when the wind eased off a little off Tramore. Then it was time to check our position. We were 4 miles south of the rhum line. Not that we had any choice because staying on course would have turned us more into the wind and I would have struggled even more with the tiller. We had still made serious distance in (roughly) the right direction. Then it was porridge and cheese and crackers and tea. I got a great kick out of seeing Fountainstown through the binoculars. We were nearing home territory. Fair Head was far behind us. A fleet of small racers from the RCYC were looking beautiful under spinnaker as we rounded Roches Point. I sailed very close to Church bay and Bull Rock where I caught many a fish as a child. We called up Peter D. in the RCYC and he told us to contact Ch: 37 and they would tell us what to
do. So we did and they said pick up a visitors berth and call once we were in. We rounded Fort Camden, which is now finally open to the public, and motored through the very lovely entrance to Crosshaven. A big sign said 'Set Down Visitiors Berth' so we pull;ed in there and were then told that we could stay there. happy days. We're so used to making a second landing! Then we met mark from the club who asked if we were the 'Round Irelanders' and he made us very welcome and said that anything at all that he could do we were only to ask. After we registered we went in to the clubhouse where we met sallys sister Judy. Then we were joined by John Hillis and his boys. After a pint there we went in search of the famous Chish & Fipps. Met danny and Clare there and we scoffed our food on a bench. Then of course we had to have a pint in Cronins. Though it wa only the one it was a celebratory drink and one that I had been planning since we left Baltimore 6 weeks earlier.. Danny and Clare dropped us
to the city where we collected the car in John Hillis house. Home at 2300 and slept like a log til nine the next morning.
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