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| anchored at Thimble Islands |
Perfect weekend for a little getaway from the usual life! Sailed Constance together with our friends Berni and Irene to the Thimble Islands, some 30mls away from Westport. Saturday was blustery with SW winds around 20kn and somewhat cloudy skies. We skipped setting the spinnaker and sailed with poled out jib in 4.5hrs all the way to the islands. Great anchor spot to the east of Money Island with nothing else but the horizon limiting the view. Went swimming in the still not too cold water before a fantastic dinner from the onboard bbq.
Of course in the middle of the night the wind switched directions and we had to reset the anchor. No biggie and even better, that wind turned out to be just right for sailing on a beam reach back to Westport the following morning. Spinnaker up and again only 4.5hrs till we doused it right in front of channel to the marina. What a ride! in the end got actually quite gusty and we had some exciting moments getting the thing down again...
