New territory
30 June 2014 | Northern Ireland
Vicki
We are learning the hard way that sailing up here is all about the wind, weather and tidal currents. This morning we woke with all good intentions of going ashore, seeing an excellent example of a Celtic cross, getting in some hiking and checking out the seals. It was not to be. Paul checked into the wind and we figured out we had to leave. Immediately. We have to be in Wales by July 7th, which might seem like a way out, but isn't at the pace a sailboat moves.
With all this figuring and discussing we got a late start. We did make it through the North Channel before the tide changed to north flowing, which was good because it can become quite rapid. But then we had to struggle with a 2.5 knot current against us until we reached our anchorage. We have now pulled down our Scottish flag from our starboard spreaders and have once again raised the Union Jack, because Northern Ireland became the first anchorage we could achieve.
Jellyfish have changed. I was used to the yellow ones in Norway and pink ones in Scotland. Then I started seeing Lion's manes in Scotland. Now I have seen pure white jellyfish and the latest had a brilliant purple! I need a book on jellyfish. The picture is, I believe, the bottom side of the Lion's Mane. Surprisingly, I have become quite enamored of jellyfish, not that I would go swimming around them.