Wednesday, 6 July 2016

Oyster Haven, Kinsale or how to wile a way a week!

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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