Greetings from Kinsale

We've now completed the first leg of the Double-Handed Round Britain & Ireland 2014. We had a cracking start, setting off from Plymouth and rounding the Eddystone among the lead boats. We settled in for the night and made great progress to the Lizard and across Mounts bay. The Scillies had a surprise for us all, however, by deciding to ban wind for the duration of our stay. The end result was all our competitors caught up with us while the fastest boat in the fleet, a Class 40, escaped. Never mind, we did finally untangle ourselves and made great progress to Kinsale in a tussle across the Irish Sea, crossing the finish line at 11:40 in second place. We are now enjoying the delights of the town and the yacht club, with a visit to the RNLI station planned for the afternoon. We are raising money for them this year - see https://www.justgiving.com/trevor-drew2 - any contributions gratefully received!
Our next leg to Barra in the Outer Hebrides starts tomorrow at 11:40, after a 48 hour compulsory stop. Looking at the forecast, I t looks like it will be a quick second leg!
Photo by Robin Mawer - Jangada Too overtaking Zest amount a mile NNW of Bishops Rock.
Trevor