I left at 9.30, with the tide wiv me till 12 and was beating into the wind and waves. Got two reefs in smartly and was making progress, trying to get round St. Abbs head. There were pretty big,white topped, waves (NW wind against tide) and as I got nearer the promontory they were getting steeper.
So i started the engine to get round the head and once past the sea calmed down with only an occasional white-cap. The wind and waves were pretty much coming from the direction in which I was going and I decided that it would be convenient to carry on motoring, so I used the engine for the rest of the way. Every so often the wind and waves would pick up resulting in much hull slamming and splashing but the spray didn't get into the cockpit much,
The entrance to Dunbar harbour is just a crack in the rocky cliff face, very difficult to spot from sea and I reckon I wouldn't have found it without GPS and charts. Met up with mate Kouran who is going to be with me for a week and we had a really fun time mixing it up with the locals in town.
Kouran and sunset
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