Kate could only make Monday, and Steve was keen to get on the water with his new (to him) 125, so despite ominous forecast we got out early, to avoid the predicted high winds round midday.
Kate was on the helm, and she is very good to sail with - she has been sailing since she was a kid and has a natural skill with handling the boat. She had forgotten how small the Mirror is after sailing in the Core Sound. But we had a nice sail for about an hour, quite exhilarating with some good gusts coming through, and then a solid shower of rain.
The forecast spooked us a bit though, and every gust and cloud front made me think that the change had come early. We came in, in time to see the wind drop off almost completely. We could of stayed out for another hour, but then we really would have been caught as the rain came down in buckets then.
It was a nice outing, and perhaps even nicer to be back in the club house having a cup of tea watching the rain pelting down.
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