Tursday 20 May Ardglass to Strangford Lough

Its was only 5 miles along the coast to the entrance to the Lough so a mid morning start after a sausage breakfast was ideal, only the second cooked breakfast in 3 weeks , not bad.

Strangford Lough which ia a massive deep salt water loch with a narrow entrance approx65m deep . The tide runs through the entranch at up to 8 kn so timing is critical. We were washed through at 4 knots with the water boiling underneath us and experienced some interesting whirlpools. Two tide power generators have been installed but in 65m of water there is no chance of hitting them.

Once inside the Lough it opens up into a very attractive island studded inland sea, seals and purpoises were spotted but only one other yacht sailing . We weaved our way around many attractive islands and picked up a vacant mooring for the night , closed the hatch and put the heating on. A phone call home revealed the uk is having their summer , its not arrived here yet.