The day started off with light winds coming from the west. I hoisted the main and left the main sheet loose and I used the outboard to manuver the boat about the dock. Once leaving the mouth of Portumna Castle Garbour I tightened the main a little and motorsailed out along the marked channel. In open water I turned i to the wind and stopped the engine, hoiseted the genoa and set off. Wind on the quarter gave good sailing but as I started heading more southerly the wind began to shift and much of the journey was close hauled, with a few tacks needed to get a good line past Inismore and on to a narrow channel marker near Corrikeen Islands. Winds were 15 to 22 knots which gave great progress considering the hull is overdue a clean. My main halyard is running on the correct pulley at the mast head due a new halyard being stolen from the boat at Killaloe last year. The temporary halyard is sharing a pulley with the topping lift. This can cause one or both to get stuck or move together meaning the main was not fully raised (about a foot short) and I had to use a cunningham to get good luff tension.

Coming close to Dromineer, I pulled the start chord on the outboard, which due to worn gear teeth got stuck. I dropped the genoa and sailed to the east (sheltered) side of the harbour wall. Looping a line over one of the mooring bollards and releasing the main sail brought the boat to a stop according to plan.

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