Two go Sailing

What a momentous day to start our adventure again, we were glad that we didn't get an invite to THE wedding as it would have been a difficult choice to make! Farewell to Milford Have Just before 9am we slipped our lines, and said farewell and thanks to all of the lovely folk at Milford Haven Marina who had taken care of Teteli over the winter. The lock was open allowing free passage so our first morning of the season would not be too taxing. Soon we heading down the sound toward the small village of Dale which would be our stop over for the night ready for an early start on Sunday morning. An hour or so later we were tied to an old but substantial pontoon in the centre of the bay. Time for a drink and lunch followed by an afternoon with a good book supper and an early night - the alarm was set for 4:30am! The skipper busied himself with odd jobs that only a skipper can find and I settled into an Ian Rankin novel - and the sun was shining! Dale in the sunshine! Sunday ...

Well after a cold wet winter - a bit like our cold wet summer Teteli is now back in the water sitting in a berth in Milford Marina. She survived the wet and windy winter well and even the "Beast from the East" left her unscathed. We had planned to launch in early April to be ready to set off at the start of May but the weather had other ideas and eventually we launched on 3rd May. Typically the May Bank Holiday was gorgeous but we weren't ready to set off as there were a number of jobs that needed to be done once she was afloat and we also needed to sort out our "at home" life. So as I write the sun is shining and we are 350 miles away from the boat sorting things out ready to catch the train to Milford next week. In the sling ready for launch Launching is always a nerve wracking time for me - after a winter ashore you hope the through hull fittings are still sound and that as she settles in the water the floorboards will not gently lift and float away! T...