The Cruise of 2019 Begins.

                          The Cruise of 2019 begins.

April 22 2019. 1500.

We cast off our lines from Waterford Marina and headed down the Sur River with the end of the ebb tide. We motored to the confluence with the Barrow River and then made a 90 degree turn to port and motored under the Barrow railway bridge and made our way up the Barrow with the beginning of the flood tide to the New Ross Boatyard where we hauled out on April 30/19. To paint the bottom and renew the propeller and shaft zincs and generally get Kalinka 1 for the season.

We moved ashore to John and Carol’s while they were away on a vacation.

Friday May 3 2019 1700. Launched.

Then we partied with Michael and Stephen.

Sat. May2019 0945 we cast off and headed back down the Barrow and back to Waterford to finish storing the boat and to recover.

Sunday May 5 2019 0815 Finally we are underway on a quiet morning . At 1000 we raised the Main sail and motored down the river and out into the Celtic Sea.

 Set course for New Grimsby in the Isles of Scilly. An easy motor sailing trip but it was cold. A pod of dolphins arrived around dinner time so we were entertained while we ate. Sally went off watch and it was my turn to sit and watch the sea rolling along . It got dark but not scary and at 0001 Mon.,May 6/19 Sally came back on watch and I went for a snooz. Not much happened because it was any easy trip. We arrived at New Grimsby on the Isle of Tresco and picked up a mooring  at 0800.

Tuesday May 7/19 at 0700 We left Tresco and moved around to Hughestown on St. Mary’s Island where we spent a couple of days and took the ferry over to St. Martin’s to visit with Lizzie’s brother. We then moved back to New Grimsby and then left on Friday May 10/19  at 0735 for Newlyn on the mainland. It was a bright sunny day No wind so another MB ride (should have bought a Trawler) any how Sally was doing what Sally does second best leaving me all alone on deck when I was startled by something dark and low down in the water! A submarine? Hoped not cause that could mean getting lifted out of the water or a periscope through the bottom (the boats bottom not mine though thinking about it. It could be mine to) A dolphin? Could have been but wasn’t. What’s left? The readers ask? I’m about to tell you.

It was a small(relatively speaking) Minky whale just ambling along without a care in the world and certainly not concerned about us being around. Of course there was no time to take a picture so we both went our separate ways.

We arrived at Newlyn at 1315 and then I spent the rest of the day clearing the limber holes because the forward bilges were full of water! Not a good thing as you can imagine as water should stay on the outside! Not a pleasant job.Think Sally learned some new words and phrases? Eventually got them all cleared of something I don’t have and then went off for a well deserved shower .