Good bye Eire


 This morning we leave Eire and travel along the coast of Northern Ireland.  We can see it across the Lough and it looks beautiful. Carlingford Lough is a bit like a fiord with glorious hills rising steeply on either side. 

We were all pretty tired when we reached Carlingford Marina last night. We had been up since before 5.00 a.m and a long sail is surprisingly tiring. On arrival we met Pete, tied up on the emergency berth next to ours.  His engine failed and single handed, he sailed the boat into the Marina.  He said the main problem was not being able to stop! He came onto Indian Runner for a cup of tea while he waited for a marine engineer to investigate. White smoke had been coming out of his engine, and without much knowledge, we all speculated on the cause. 

We all walked into Carlingford village, did some food shopping and then went to the pub for a pint before dinner (yes this becoming a little habitual). On the way back Alan made a quick dash back to the shop to pick up a packet of jam doughnuts that he and Roger had spotted.  Yes, with Rachel in South Africa this is becoming a bit of a ‘boy boat’.  

Dinner on board was M and S chilli con carne and quick cook basmati rice, with nachos.  Pudding was jam doughnuts with honey rum.  Not at all bad.  When Bev and John join us in Oban we will be asking for more supplies of M and S canned dinners. 

In sailing terms, yesterday was a bit of a treat - we actually managed to sail without engine for an hour and a half. Yippee!!


Howth to Carlingford        44.7 nms

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