Round the second corner and the Fastnet Rock!


We left Baltimore after a couple of nice days in the large harbour which had its share of excitement. We stayed a few days for the seafood and wooden boat festival where some lovely old boats turned up, this one from as far away as Penzance




Whilst Cheshire basked in 27 degrees of sunshine, a little finally filtered over here which got us in the water.
The next day however brought some serious wind blowing a steady force 7 in the harbour. During the night a nearby boat dragged its anchor and ended up half way across the bay and  at 10 oclock in the morning another boat went past us at about 2 or 3 mph dragging its anchor and missing us by only 20 yards, a bit close for comfort! He got the lifeboat out in the end which, having sorted him out was called out again to rescue another boat in the bay which had lost its steering, quite enough excitement for 1 day!

On Sunday morning we left for the Fastnet. Having set off in a rather miserable light drizzle we soon had a lovely day. We lunched at a nearby island then headed for the rock. On the way we spotted a local fishing boat pulling out fish so dropped our sails and got the fishing rods out. Within 5 minutes Paul had 2 nice Pollock, dinner sorted. 'Just another 5 minutes' said Paul, 4 minutes later he had what seemed like a whale on the end of his line.

The one that didn't get away, cod of the century..........................................................................>>>>>!






With enough fish to feed a small army we resumed course for the Fastnet Rock, an exciting moment.

Spare a thought for the photographer, Paul went round the Fastnet in a pink rubber dinghy, not a lot of people can say they've done that!!!

And for dinner....... not only does he catch it but he does a jolly fine job of cooking it too!