Home to Dartmouth

It started off a quiet day with only light winds. At first we had to sail between all the big ships and then out to open waters. The surface of the water was glassy smooth.

A smooth surface followed by wavelets

We had all day to sail because we had to arrive home after 4:30pm. Otherwise the tides in the harbour would be too strong. So one big sail was raised and we relaxed on deck.

Sail and level deck

The water was so smooth we could see our reflections on the surface

Silhouette 👥

All day we sailed and we could relax on deck with cushions out for comfortable seating 😎. No dolphins today though.

Low water time

5:00 pm Dartmouth arrival and we had to prepare all the lines to attach the yacht to the pontoon.

Ropes ready
Ropes attached to pontoon

We sailed all day (7hr45min) for 32 miles over the water.

But wait… the tide also carried the boat forward for 3 miles extra. THREE miles added thanks to the moon 🌙 Total 35 miles

Homebound track

One thought on “Home to Dartmouth”

  1. So interesting thinking about the tides as well as the wind and sea conditions – equally for those of us who are not so little!

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