Tucked up in Dingle Marina

Peter the marina manager at Dingle understands and loves wooden boats. He gave Robinetta a sheltered berth for her month long lay over, and told us to store Worm on board as she might get damaged in the dinghy park.

We've never tried putting Worm on top of Robinetta before, but it turns out it works better than expected, with Worm acting surprisingly well as a cover for the foredeck hatch!

The weather has turned for the worse, with rain and strong winds today as we catch the plane home. It feels as though we timed our cruise perfectly. Lets hope the next leg works a well!

In the last three weeks we have travelled 531 nautical miles, in 145 hours under way. We had engine assist for 101 hours, but a lot of that was motor sailing to keep up the speed in light winds, rather than just being under motor all day (although we did do that too). In that time we dropped anchor or moored in 20 different places. This feels like an impressive total for a boat like Robinetta, where we calculate cruising speed at 4 knots and tow a dinghy the whole time. We even had time for days ashore.

The weather has been truly kind for this most ambitious leg of our Circumnavigation of Ireland!