Wednesday June 22/16.
So it’s 0730 everything is quiet, the crew is asleep. Got up
made tea, contemplated my navel and decided to leave. I awakened the crew
without too much difficulty fed and watered her and we got underway at 1100. It
was a long arduous passage but we finally arrived in Kinsale at 1130.
We caught a mooring ball on the ebb tide made ourselves secure,
installed the outboard put the foulies on and zoom zoom we’re on the dinghy
dock in the YC marina. Walked up to the club house had a pint met the harbour
master and arranged a club mooring which was guarantied to have been serviced
this century. Bonus. Back into the
dinghy and out to the yachet dropped the mooring and motored over to the new
one made ourselves secure to it and then back into the dink and returned to the
shore.Did a short reconnoiter of the town downloaded a couple of geo caches and
made arrangements for the next day to get a ride to the battery store to get a
new starting battery! Walked about some more went to the recommended pantry for
a coffee and sticky bun. Both were very good and then we strolled along window
shopping in some of the back lanes. Finally returned to the marina and out to
the good ship Kalinka1.
We stayed in Kinsale for 6 days for one reason and another
doing land touristy stuff. We walked 4 km out to Charles Fort. The high road
because we missed the sign for the low scenic road! Wandered around ooying and
aweing had a cuppa and sticky did a couple of easy caches and then walked back
into town. This time on the scenic route along the water. Got back into town
did a bit of grocery shopping visited the club for a pint and ended the day
back on board with a nice dinner of Lamb burgers and Salad.
Next day.
Don’t remember what day but it was the next day into the
club for a shower and more walky this time up hill to get a cache near the town
offices. We got it so had three for five. Then down hill to the medieval church
for a look see and the graves of three of the victims of the Lusitania. Two identified
men and one unidentified woman. However the story doesn’t end there o no! The
woman was identified in 2010. I didn’t think of it at the time so didn’t take a
picture or her name. We were returning
to the boat and were getting ready to get in the dinghy when Sally struck up a
conversation with Jerald who is a lovely soul in a special way. This led to an
invitation to go racing that night. I chickened out and stayed home cooking a
nice dinner of roast pork and veg. Sally went racing! They won.
It was good and windy with lots of gusts yet where the race
course was the seas were flat. One start with two courses. Big boats had the
longer course. Skipper Alan and mate Mary were great and chatted away the evening
and fed me red jellies. These were a
godsend as the bowl of cereal was ages ago as we were planning big roast park
feast. Well it was like racing with John and Carol the winning record was such
that the rating was massively adjusted. Even with a 5 minute lead on the 28’
boat that crossed astern of the 26’ boat
corrected to second but what fun we had! Got delivered to Kalinka1 just as Noel
was serving. It could have been chicken and I would have enjoyed it. But then
fell fast asleep missing getting up to the club house. Almost too much walking
and sailing in one day.
Nothing much else
happened and then the weather changed
for the better.
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