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| One of the many fishing boats around us |
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| Soleis surrounded by fishing boats |
I have an interesting conundrum I have not yet found an answer for: For each leg of my journey I have planned a route on the chart plotter and in most cases we stick very closely to the planned route. Despite this the final logged distance is invariably 10-15% more than the planned distance; e.g Peel to Dun Laoghaire planned = 76nm, Logged = 93nm. In this case we strayed a little north of track to make use of the wind, but not to the extent to account for the disparity. Any answers are very welcome!
Blustery from the start, the day remained dry but with a strong wind only 15 to 25ยบ either side of our track. Therefore we were able to motor sail with the wind reducing the power needed to maintain a ground speed of 6 knots. It was a long day and the last few hours were done at speeds closer to 4kts due to a very strong adverse tide. In consequence we arrived in Dun Laoghaire in the dark. Not my preferred option for a port I have not visited before.
There was obviously a lot of fish to caught as at one stage we were surrounded by about 8 large trawlers. The fish seemed to be congregating along the course of an under water gas pipeline.
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