Friday 14 -Saturday 15 April
The day dawned bright with little wind, so we took the short cut through St Helen’s Gap and out past Round Island, with its comforting lighthouse. Skipper’s plan was to set a course that we could sail, and see where the wind took us towards the South coast of Ireland. In fact the wind varied a little between Southwest – West – Northwest but a fairly consistent Force 4, so we held a port tack all the way. The sun didn’t last long and there were occasional showers, so it didn’t feel very warm. A couple of kittiwakes danced around my rigging for almost the whole passage, providing welcome distraction and entertainment when Mate once again succumbed to the green sea monster. However, she bravely stood her watches, but was glad to leave the sail handling to Skipper.
We finally arrived at Dunmore East, at the mouth of the Suir estuary that leads to Waterford, after 28½ hours, having covered 156 nautical miles. We stowed the sails (too early) to motor a further ten miles upriver, spotting a pair of harbour porpoises in Duncannon Bay, while Skipper snoozed, worn out from looking after me as well as his crew. 
We found a lovely anchorage near a small blue chain ferry in the King’s Channel, and somebody took our photo and put it on our Marine Traffic profile.