Dublin

Well a few days rest, a change of crew & today Sunday the plan is to set off to Kilmore Quay. Wind appears as though it again will be on the nose so a slow passage & a late finish, so the plan may now be to get a better point of sail, put some east in to the compass & head for Cornwall.

Still it's no yet dawn & the winds whistling in the rigging at the moment, so I'll keep you posted as the events unfold

Well much procrastination this morning, the wind in the rigging & an in shore forecast predicting F5-6 with occasional 7 for the morning easing at night, threw the game plan in the air. However a healthy breakfast of fresh mackerel, caught & given to the crew by a friendly local, was filleted & pan fried by my skipper & a plan B was thrashed out. To get the tidal gate round Lands End some 30 hours away, it was agreed that another day in Dun laoghaire (Dun Leary) a good nights rest & a 0900 start tomorrow (Monday) would be order of the day. It also meant that the weather should ease too.

So no visit to Kilmore Quay & the trump card allowing a day in case of bad weather has been played.