Last hurrah of 2025 phase 2

Mark Rosenthal

After a pretty bumpy overnight stay at anchor I got up at 06:00 and made hot drinks for everyone and explained how the day would go. The first job was to drop the old 95% jib and put up the brand new jib. Once that was organised we raised the main, this time without reefs, and then raised the anchor to get under way. The winds were light but westerly and the tidal flow past the entrance to Porth Wen was building nicely in our favour. On a broad reach we were making around 6 - 7kt in nice flat waters. A complete change from yesterday! Due to the apparent wind angle it was decided to deploy the Code 0, Tess and Luke got that organised and then we furled the new jib and sailed down to Puffin Sound. As we arrived close to the Penmon Head light house we unfurled the jib and furled the code 0 to head up to sail to the first channel buoy. We then had a number of tacks, 9 in total, before we dropped the main and furled the jib to motor the last section in towards Porth Penrhyn dock following the 5m depth contour. Under motor the crew removed the code 0 and we tidied up what we could as we headed into the harbour entrance. Once inside the harbour we were asked to moor up alongside a fishing boat on the quay whilst the two lift outs before us were dealt with. With a bit of time to spare I offered the crew a small shot of Jura, as they had missed out last night, to celebrate getting the delivery completed.