We got to the boat just after HT and sailed under jib only to the Gunsite and dropped the hook. I wanted to go further out to the middle of the bay so we'd stay afloat all night but was persuaded to stay closer in. I tried to go for a depth to dry out at half tide to keep the bumping around to a minimum.
The girls fell asleep after the customary hot chocolate and mostly slept soundly. We bumped around a bit around 11pm and again at 4am. I was awake pretty much all night as ever. I don't know why I don't sleep on the boat, it's becoming a real problem. Can't relax I guess and quite uncomfortable births. I'm going to try a duvet rather than sleeping bag next time.
We set off early for Belcroute in a freshening wind. Belcroute was sheltered, sunny and warm and we had breakfast and landed for a while and I had a swim.
All too soon it was time to go. We left the shelter of Belcroute with full sail up but quickly had to get down to 2nd reef as we got out of the lee of the high ground. On the way back we managed to drop an essential child's drinking cup over the side and performed a pretty repectable MOB procedure to recover it without fuss within a couple of minutes. We made it back to the mooring and got to the harbour pontoon in the dinghy with literally two inches of tide to spare!
(pics to follow.)
I'm really glad both girls had a good time.
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