A bit fed up.......

Whenever I am shortly to go sailing I always have a close eye on the weather forecasts during the preceding week. Most of this week the winds off Eyemouth have been from the south. Forecsats have suggested that on Monday, when we plan to sail, the winds would come from the west, then go round to northerly during the rest of the week. 'Oh well' I was thinking, 'at least we might get a sail of some sorts on the Monday if we are sailing northwards'. But the chief organiser of weather seems determined to scupper that too. This morning when I looked at least one forecast suggests winds from the north on Monday too! Oh great (not)! I know we can motor if we have to make progress, but somehow the motion of the boat isn't quite the same, and the noise from the engine doesn't half grind away at you after a while, and it is such a blessed relief when you can finally turn the engine off! 'Why don't you just do several tacks and sail?' I hear you ask. The thing is, when you have 50 miles to do you really need to be going in the right direction if you want to get there by a reasonable hour, and progressing directly, albeit under engine power, is usually faster than several tacks under sail.

More use of the engine seems to be our fate...!