Dartmouth to Brixham

The forecast was for the wind to strengthen during the day so we decided to leave as soon as convenient in order to make our passage before the worst of the weather. First things first though – we motored proudly along the river Dart with our huge ‘Woolcool’ sign showing on our hoisted mainsail! As we motored out of the river the wind died to near nothing, then out in the bay it suddenly rose to force 6; we immediately put 2 reefs in the mainsail and rolled away some of the headsail to wrest back control of the boat which was rolling and yawing rather wildly. That task completed, things were in more control but we still romped away out to sea on a broad reach. The waves were quite high, 2-3m perhaps, and we had to concentrate well to maintain control. After a while we gybed the sails and headed for Berry Head, just off Brixham. The sun shone, and it was exhilarating sailing. After rounding Berry Head we hardened up to reach up towards the marina at Brixham, and after tacking to get a little closer we dropped the sails and motored into the marina. Once in the marina we were visited by a film crew who were making publicity material to appear on the marina website; they filmed Blue Star on a 360 degree view film accessable via the marina website where they said they would put a link to Blue Star's website. They were very impressed by all our sponsor's stickers! We haven't yet wangled a discounted marina berth though!

Joke:
Velcro - what a rip-off!

How to write good:
1. Always avoid alliteration
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with
3. Avoid cliches like the plague, they're old hat!
4. Comparisons are as bad as cliches
5. Be more or less specific
6. Writers should never generalise
seven. Always be consistent
7. Don't be redundant; don't use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous
8. Who needs rhetorical questions?
9. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement

Showing off Woolcool

Belting along in F6!