19th continued

Ten minutes later the sun came out and I was roasted so back below to strip off. All this hopping about and rolling about with a leg in a pant is exhausting. But Phil did a strip too as we took the main in. We knew we would have to wait till around 17.00 hrs to get over the sill in to the marina so headed in to the bay in trepidation to see if we could a).find the buoys and b). me to gear up to attach a rope to one of them. My record in this department is not good. I blame the equipment and being one eyed with no 3D vision. Any way true to form I missed the buoy first go and skipper asked why. Cos I missed it duh!!! I suggested gently (believe that if you're gullible) that if we ran  along side we would have more chance. I missed again but got it before it ran away. Skipper bellowing at my incompetence even though I had done it and I suggested a little gentle encouragement or praise would not go amiss. And for good measure said he could make his own blooming tea. But the good news was the pick up thingammy worked and we were soon sitting in glorious sunshine with a cuppa and a piece of cake. With just under two hours to wait I nodded off. True to form wind got up as we entered marina and we arrived breathless.But helped in by next door boat. (Probably in self defence.). What a cute place.