Wednesday 10th March:
We set off at 6.30 this hazy and icy morning and headed around Slyne Head towards Roundstone carefully avoiding the treacherous Namaken rocks. Noel was keen on taking us though Joyce’s pass but when Nialls palpitations kicked he decided against it. We enjoyed lunch under the 12 Pins while keeping an eye out for our examiner who lives up around these parts. Hugh declared that he was bored about mid afternoon so ended up having to endure riddles and mind games from Fiona and Fionnuala. Our attempt at ‘I spy’ later on didn’t work too well when a certain member of crew chose a word beginning with ‘i’ then decided that maybe it started with ‘e’. When we finally gave up he declared triumphantly that the word was antenna (pronounced ‘intenay’ in a West Cork accent). We arrived into Kilronan on Inishmore at dusk and tucked into a roast chicken dinner. Noel tried his hardest but was unable to fit in a 4th chicken leg. Fiona got 'ferry' excited again as she watched the ferry coming and going from Inishmore for a while before following the rest of us to bed and dreaming of yacht carrying container ships.
Thursday 11th March:
Another early start so as to reach the Blasket Sound before nightfall. The light breeze allowed us to play around with the billowing spinnaker on our way South. We plan to use the Inishtearaght and Bull lighthouses to keep us clear of the Skelligs and Lemon rock as we sail through the night. We will anchor up in Dunboy off Castletownbere sometime in the very early hours of the morning so as to get a few hours of sleep while waiting for sunrise before we head the 10 miles back to Adrigole.
Fionnuala (Commercial Yachtmaster Trainee)
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