The alarm went off at 0600 and we dropped the bouy at about 0620 and motored down the river and then headed East for Plymouth. By 0710 there was enough wind for us to sail close hauled in roughly the right direction but we will have to tack or motor to get into Plymouth sound.
The plan is to meet Sharon and Rayelle at Mayflower Marina around 1430-1500 and then head up the Tamar to Cargreen and spend the night there at anchor or on a mooring before returning to Mayflower tomorrow morning for the rest of the crew to depart.
I am due to meet up with my pal George tomorrow evening. The plan being to raft up on his mooring on the Cattwater. George sailed the Jester Azores Challenge earlier this year and towed a fellow participant, whose boat lost its rudder, for a few hundred miles. Unfortunately, the closest we got to eachother whilst both in the Azores, was about a quarter of a mile, whilst traveling in opposite directions between Santa Maria and Sao Miguel! I'm looking forward to hear his first hand account of all the Jesters' 'goings on'!
The wind is easing off and progress has slowed and the entrance to Plymouth is about 5 miles upwind and so we're probably going to start motoring soon!
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