Took things steady this morning, kept dry from the drizzly rain, took a walk along the beach to local shops and cafes.
The boat was afloat at about 1pm, the sun came out as predicted at 2pm and we set off about 3pm with a gentle wind and smooth sea. It was pretty much a run all the way, starting out with all sails up and with the Kouran crew on the case, gull-winged out, we were hitting 5 knots. And I noticed that the wind had been creeping up on me, with white crested waves coming up from behind; so the main sail came down and we ran along under just the jib for the rest of the sail. Kouran had a go at the tiller for an hour or so, then i took over just as the weather picked up a gear, some of the waves that had built up where quite large and threw the boat about, i felt a bit anxious but all was good and we came to the current sheltered harbour of Granton.
We"d travelled 22 miles and been in large seas, miles out from the sprawl of Edinburgh
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