Eventually the long awaited moment came round, I took up my position at the tiller leaving my minders to do the heavy work of weighing anchor) and off we went.
It's quite a serious moment, guiding your craft from its mooring for the first time, and you can see from my expression that I was concentrating hard. You'll also notice that due to my concentration I had failed to notice that I was dipping my paw into my mug of tea! Not a problem when sailing though, as there's no shortage of water for a clean up.
Doesn't a Jaguar look great sailing! I popped my head up through the forward hatch to take this picture of us and some of my very good friends under sail.
At the end of a day's wonderful sailing, with some sunbathing and swimming mixed in, there is always a new harbour to arrive at and a new town to explore. As you come into harbour it is great to see the welcoming faces of our lead crew and to have them guide you into place and tie you up. Here they are in a picture I took of them seeing in the boat next to us.
I'll introduce them properly tomorrow as they play such an important role in ensuring a great flotilla experience.
Lots of love, Eddie, George & Yorkie xxx
SJ254784 - nr Llanfair Hill - 430 m
8 years ago
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