Sunday 14 May
My crew prepared lines and fenders to take me alongside the club pontoon, but decided to wait to move me until all the young people had set off for their Sunday race course. Unfortunately it was too windy for most of them, there were too many tippy Toppers, so they all came straight back in, and played jumping in from the pontoons, as they were all in wetsuits anyway.
Eventually we made our way between the moored cruising yachts and motorboats to the dock, only to find a motorboat where we’d planned to tie up, and I was only prepared for a starboard-to landing, so we gave up and went back to the same buoy. By now it was a nasty wind, and raining. They reset everything for a port-side-to approach, and tried again after the shower had passed over – now it was calm and easy; just as well as there were several curious friendly club members around to witness our arrival. I had a good wash down and my water tanks filled, and we were loaned a security card to access the gate, so we could escape for an explore the following day.