Lindisfarne to Eyemouth,Wednesday 5th july

  Set off as soon as I got lifted by the tide at 11am, motored for half an hour to get into the wind and around the rocky parts of the island. Then is was a straight line sail with very gentle winds, full sails, no stress and also no rain. Sylfrid, a bilge keel yacht left a little before me to make the same passage and I very soon was making much better progress. This might have partly been because Sylfrid was further offshore and perhaps being effected by the adverse tide more. But it certainly seems that a Wayfarer can out perform a big yacht in light winds.