We hung around for a while waiting for the forecast drop in the wind and for favourable tide. Chatted to Rob and Terry, an American couple in a 36 ft boat, Querida. They seem to have cruised over most of the world during the last 20 years.
Eventually the water in the sound outside looked more inviting, so we departed with 2 reefs and made quite a quick passage to Lerwick. Going to windward all the way and with a number of skerries to avoid required concentration. The N entrance to Lerwick Harbour seemed narrow as we tacked in. Moored alongside a Dutch boat in the Small Boat Harbour. The other mooring area, used by the bigger yachts, has been mostly taken over by a huge floating accommodation block for N Sea gas workers.
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track of this day
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| No, the camera has not distorted the height of the bow! |
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| The flowers now cover the area where they used to dry fish |
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Hanseatic merchant’s house, now restored as a museum.
Our boat behind. |
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| Crane in the warehouse |
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| We were adopted by a bird. |
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