Bright sunshine much of the week, gentle westerlies and a convenient afternoon tide; I couldn't believe my luck when Sue suggested getting the sea boats out on Saturday!
Unfortunately there was more of a swell than we'd bargained for running up the beach at St Bees and Sue's face was something of a picture! Obviously the planned trip under the Heads was dropped and replaced with "let's just have a pootle around off the the beach" and see how we get on plan. No problem as it turned out. After the F5 experience in Ravenglass estuary, Sue was well up for this; out through the surf, into the swell, turning across it, running with a quartering sea and finally surfing back into the corner of the beach. No problem at all and, bonus, I got back on for a play in the surf before running both boats back onto the slipway.
The water is surprisingly warm at the moment - must get on it more often...
Running the Sirocco back between the groynes
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