About 12 days was the expectation. So into Day 19.
My passage is not over yet. The journey from Falmouth to Milton Keynes is almost Dickenson, rewind to early 20th Century. To Fly takes 4 hours, train takes 7 hours and coach is 10 hours. Forget HS2 this beautiful part of Britain deserves better infrastructure both physical and digital.
Today's picture is the dark truth behind ad-hoc crewing. You have to get to the boat and get back home. Sitting on my bright yellow sail bag it's cold and darker here in downtown Falmouth at 0630. The big white coach will arrive soon. Brrrr very soon I hope.
My reader may think WOW it's fantastic, a bit of a jolly, has Ken finished working, is this his new job? This passage is part of a shared vision for Jane and me. It's about gaining knowledge and experience so come the day the Catamaran "Young at Heart too" slips the moorings all those who choose to sail or cruise with us can do so safely - it wi be fun in da sun man. After all in our first season we've done a F10 Storm and got home. This passage had something of everything for Sailor Kenny and via Blog and personal log book Skipper Jane too. My personal log will be presented to Senior Skipper Jane for a full debrief (big on that sort of thing in nautical circle) and inspect. Do hope it passes with flying colours.
This simple trip Ibiza to Falmouth was beautiful, eventful and challenging too. We had good winds, no winds, too much wind, sailing, motoring, bare pole drifting, sail repairs, dolphins, whales, Italian cooking lessons from Abdullah, full on board and submarine Customs inspection, crew loss, short watches, long watches, shared watches, night watches, hailing ships, sunshine, rain, fog too, a great Catamaran and great company. It was only a simple trip. It was supposed to be 12 days or. It was 18 days. But it's been worth the extra days, every degree, every minute, every second. Next time Skipper Jane will be there too. Next time it might be the Azores.
Till next time the passage home which already is full of incident the A39 closed just outside Falmouth. 3 legs and 2 ports already time is moving but not the traffic. 😣
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