We left Neyland at 11:00 hrs and proceeded out to sea passing inside Thorn Island with 3 metres to spare, that's top and bottom as there are electric cables to the top and rocks to the bottom. I rather hoped the yacht behind didn't follow us at he was much taller!
Before sunset the sun shone horizontally through some cloud and gave a rainbow prism effect badly captured on the photo I'm afraid.
The Bristol Channel was kind to us and the dolphins turned out to play from 16:00 hrs to nightfall. Even by torchlight one could see them playing in the bow wave. Pod after pod turned up to have fun. Assuming they were all different I estimate we saw over fifty all told. We closed the coast off Devon and Cornwall overnight and dawn saw us 17 miles from Longships.
As we closed the buildings could be see marking Land's End.
We took the inshore passage as there was little groundswell. With the Longships to seaward.
The lighthouse with helideck perched atop.
By 07:00 were were off the Armoured Knight and Lands End. Not clearly seen here but lurking nevertheless.
We had made it without falling off the edge but we still had a bit further to go past Tater-du and the light.
Before making into Penzance Bay.
The wind was due to blow from the east so we took shelter up behind the Mount of St Micheal.
Where the Steward promptly spread his bed on the back deck and fell fast asleep.
He had been on the go for 24 hours so I let him off a charge. We clocked about 125 miles from Milford Haven to St Michaels Mount. And in the morning we awoke to this rather rakish beauty anchored alongside.
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