We had a very productive day with Carl from Plymouth Sailing School. Some of it seemed a bit daunting as he was obviously looking for me to prove that I hadn't come to the boat the day before though he definitely seemed to approve of Rivals. I on the other hand had a considerable amount of nerves and could hardly manage any breakfast.
The weather was really rather grim with a steady force 5 to 6 and a bit of seven occasionally, we didn't envy the cruiser race out to the Eddystone at all. There was also a bit of palaver around the entrance to Cattewater with inshore powerboat racing taking place.
Still, we beat over to Cawsand after I learnt a wonderful way of picking up a mooring by lassoing it. I had read about this before but never put it into practise but it is certainly a whole lot easier than coming alonside to windward and trying to thread the rope through from there. I also, on the advice of the RYA guide to the ICC put the third reef in our main for the first time which made for a very comfortable time and hardly any loss in speed though I suspect that we would have been a bit underpowered in any sort of sea. We will however be less shy about dropping it in.
Anyway, it is good to have a piece of paper which I can wave at Spanish and Portuguese authorities.
We spent the night anchored at Dandy Hole and celebrated with a bottle of fizzy wine while the wind continued to howl over head.
Sunday we tried to look at installing the holding tank only to find that the measurements for the height of the beast didn't include the pipes at the top so it won't fit. It is back to square one on that which is more than a bit frustrating.
No photos so I am including one here of the view from Trelissick House down the Carrick Roads with Sarah G anchored off. This was over the Easter weekend.
Finally, we would thoroughly recommend using Plymouth Sailing School should you need any tuition.
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