Wet, WET and More Wet. or how I love Ireland!!

He llo all. we're now in Waterford Ireland and the name fits!! Lots of water in the River, running down the streets, in the fields also known as bogs falling out of the sky in bucket fulls etc etc etc. I have noticed some strange openings beginning to sprout on the sides of my neck and my skin is getting scaley!  We arrived here after a long windy wavy day. Seas were about 4 metres getting up to 5 between Cork and Hook head. sally is in Wexford with her Mom and Sister which gives me the time to do this and get the boat ready to head off to either Arklow or Dublin tomorrow morning. I'm enclosing some pictures as they're worth a thousand words and I'm getting tired of typing, besides there is a Guiness with my name on it waiting across the street so enjoy.

18 !/2 days

It's been a while just because we were at sea and unavailable not because we couldn't be bothered to write.  We were sitting around on \kalinka 1 in Bonavista feeling sorry for ourselves having to wait for a part to be returned from the UK when Sally suggested we just leave and have the part held until we get to \ireland. Sounded like a very good idea to me so we left.
We left at 1630 and headed out of the harbour. The forcast was for 15 to 25 knots with gusts to thirty. We saw 10. Little did we know! Cleared the harbour and headed East. on a beautifull Sunny warm day. Once clear of land the weather man was right! Good thing it was blowing out of the S/W and pushing us along at 6.5 knots. We went so fast we caught up with the other well known weather phenominum of NF. FOG. Now it became Cold and  Damp and Windy. Too late to turn back. Sally disappeared into her girl cave and said as she disappeared, See you when \i see you!!! I figured from that point on it was going to be a lonely trip. Jus me Peanut butter honey and marmalade.
Contacted Herb the Weather Guru and he told us/me to head South, so being the obediant person I am I did. After about 4 days we were far enough S/E to catch the gulf strea and the water temp went from the 40's to 65*F. Warm enough to go swimming! Tried fishing the only creature interested was a Shearwater and after seeing one of those caught while I was on the Mathew I pulled in the line. The Sun came out an so did Sally so I wasn't lonely anymore!! (isn't ther a song about that?) We were now heading N/E kind of but the Azores were still the closest point of  land. Kept mentioning this to Sally but she never did take the hint. Sooo we continued up and down,back and forth, side to side on and on and on. mostly in 15 to 20 knots.
But every day we got closer and closer to our goal and \i was able to chat with our newfound best buddies Halifax Win, Kansas Russ, France John and Hearts content Doug( who I knew as a cub at Danforth United church) on the Mississauga Maritime net. 14.167 on your Ham radio dial) This is gettinreally really long so I'm going to quit now and more later with,,,,,, maybe pictures or just  more words who knows what evil lurks Only the mind of.......