Welcome to the Moondance blog! Blog? We've all heard of them but none of us have dipped our toes in the water! Paul (Waddy to those in the know) and Jeff are sailing round Ireland this summer, with a little help from our friends. We don't want to gloat, not for a minute, (well, not a long one anyway) but we would love to share our adventure with our friends who are desk bound; tell you what we are up to and hear whats going on at home. In the computer age, this is how it's done! We will post our news every few days (our 'blog'). Everyone can see what we have written and the blog gives you the opportunity to leave a message for us (all other blog readers can also see what you have written so go steady!), we will pick up these messages next time we log on.

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Here we go!

The fine ship Moondance

 A 5am start from Hollyhead on Wednesday 9.5.12 took us out into the Irish sea after a very hurried load up to catch the favourable northerly winds (jolly cold but the right direction!) 12 chilly hours and very large hunks of bon voyage fruit cake later (thanks Mellers!) we rolled into Arklow (20m south of Dublin) for the first pint of Guiness!

Tea and cake at the Ritz? Nah, give us the Irish sea!

Waddy enjoys the Irish sunshine

 Day 2 started with a bracing shower coz Jeff hadn't turned the water heater tap on followed by 20 minutes bailing out the shower coz the pump didn't work. Jeffs next job......

Jeff doing his yoga

Another 5 o'clock start on friday to catch the tide and more chilly favourable winds from the north gave us a cracking sail 30 miles south  at 7 knots (pretty slow to you land lovers at 8mph but pretty quick for a boatie!)  to  Wexford, the south east tip of Ireland. Friday evening we saw evidence of a big yellow ball in the sky that graces the emerald isle but rarely, the sun! Time for a sundowner, marvelous!

Bye for now, we look forward to hearing from you!

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