7nm
A few of us were sleepless through the night as the F6 blew through, though Brian, next to me, slept like a log. A sterling job laying the anchor saw us through to the morning with the winds still howling.
Plan was to collect the repaired sail from Hugh Town at the end of the day after lunch time anchorage between Puffin Island and Samson.
The rocks and shallows around the Scillies are pronounced and many, navigation uses many transits and is tide critical. With high tide we left Old Grimsby Sound motoring south towards St.Mary's before turning west to loop round and a wigley north towards Samson near the entrance to New Grimsby Sound west of Tresco. Lunch off a lovely beach, but no shore party, so weighed anchor to head for the south side of St.Mary's to anchor in the bay behind Hugh Town.
All ashore to the town or walks. Got a call from Peter to meet at the sailmaker on the harbour side (photo) to carry sail back across town to the beach and on the tender to the boat. Started to prepare the veg and get ready the dinner. The wind had dropped, all was calm for a quiet night.
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