Hi all,
We had a day off to look around Newlyn, Penzance and St Michael's Mount, even though the weather looked perfect to round the Lizard...oops! Can you tell what happened yet?!
So off we went on Sunday morning, with an appointment that evening in a pub up the Fal river for our friend Rich's birthday.
The weather gods had one last sting in the tail of the Lizard for us.... as we cleared Mounts Bay we had two reefs in the mainand a slither of genny out, as the wind was a solid F6 gusting to F7. However we cleared the Lizard under sail (my how things have changed!) despite the strong winds and BIG seas. Emerald is such a spectacular sea boat thank you Doug Peterson!
However once we rounded the Lizard, we were then on a run and with us wallowing in the swells we ended up having to motor for an hour just to clear the worst of the tide race. (speaking of which Adrian how was the season on Tide Race?)
Then we 'blast reached' across Falmouth Bay to Carrick Roads in a F7! Nichola reveling in it and the skipper worrying about breaking
something! Down with the sails and a motor up the river to the 'party pontoon' that we left last summer, up by Tresilick house to a wonderfully warm welcome, and a bottle of champagne with our friends Ann and Marc, and Rich and Clare.
Journeys end for now, a circumnavigation of the UK via the Baltic completed. What next for Emerald and crew......

slainte skip
PS Can anyone work out what the code flags say in the photo. It isn't rude, at least I hope it isn't! Answers in the comments please! Our first interactive blog!