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We sleep most of the day, refuel again, and then pull out again in the morning to the sound of the Marina Tannoy.  "All vessels in the marina please watch out as the seal is about…", he is obviously well known around here.

Watches through the day so trhat we will not be totally knackered come the evening and night and its a combination of motoring and then sailing in the afternoon.

Gary and I take over at about 15:00 and suddenly we have company.. A pod of striped dolphins all around us and swimming alongside. Grab the cameras.

I’ve had dolphins playing on the bow twice in Greece but never before in the UK, and its the first time Gary has seen this many. I’ve got about 10 on the starboard side and I.m sure there were another ten off to port.

Anyway it livens up our trip across the mouth of the Bristol Channel and its soon sunset and then time to pass the watch over.

Up again to take over and "Were off St Ives, and that flash over there is an isolated danger mark here on the chart" Watch out there are also fishing boats about, yes its dark out here and wer’e nearly running into Cornwall..

I have another double flash on the bow, another Isolated Danger? No thats the Longships light leave it to port…

Single green light on the starboard bow, no masthead so probably a sailing vessel heading north.  Oops its gone to red, she’s tacked..

Ok so now were past her and there is only the lighthouse and its rocks to worry about..

Coming down on the Longships and hey we’ve found Nessie! The light house is just like the head and those jagged rocks make the humps, nice moonlit night at times tonight.