Probably our last sunset at anchor this season

After yesterday's strong winds the view of the sea beyond the anchorage didn't look too inviting. We watched a couple of yachts go out to see how much they rolled; they didn't look too bad so off we went. There was a metre or so of swell but we didn't get any water on deck and after an hour the wind filled in a bit and we could sail with just the genny.

We bimbled on south; the sun came out with some welcome warmth after the gloomy morning. We motored in the last mile to Porto Palo and was pleased to see lots of anchoring space. Once set it was time to check the hull for fouling.

Sooooo many barnacles had grown on the hull in the two weeks we were at Syracuse. We'd heard it was bad for fouling there but weren't happy at all with what we found; large clumps of them right down to the keel. Time for a swim and some scraping action with our Chinese Shop scrapers! At least the sea was still warm.