Delivery of Aleria to Kilrush
Approaching Bofin over Connemara This week, the forecast was for a full week of settled weather. There would be little wind so we knew we'd have to motor a lot. We've had strong southerlies, making it almost impossible to head south along the coast to County Clare. We'd have some swell but the temps would be in the 50s (10-13C) We elected to leave Tuesday. I'd provision on Monday and we'd go aboard in the morning, settle in and leave around noon when we'd be close to half tide rising. Clew Bay was fine. We saw seals in the mussel field. I was able to make lunch in the lee of Clare Island. We'd be able to make it to Inishbofin before dark. We had a 2.5 metre swell but it wasn't that bad in Middle Ground. Sort of washing machine-like motion. Alex took a Bonine in time. About 4.5 hours later we had arrived. Day 1 went according to plan. Our night in Bofin was uneventful, except it took us two attempts to anchor. We did not go ashore. It was misting and ve...