Eyemouth to Arbroath 19.7.07

We left Eyemouth early on Thursday to get the good tide across to Arbroath and a non-stressy depth in the harbour. I went to pay the harbour dues and to ask about re-fueling. Alec, the harbourmaster said there was a fishing boat due at the fuel pontoon in about 10 minutes but if we were quick could get in before him. So I moved the boat the 300m down the harbour imagining that Rick would notice as he came out of the showers, where he was doing his usual 45 minute morning ablutions,that we were directly opposite on the other side of the harbour. What I didn't take into account was that he didn't have his glasses with him! So,missing us completely, he wandered back to where we had been moored only to find the boat gone! Ba*****s! They've forgotten me! So as he wandered back to the harbour office to try and get us on the radio and remind us that there were in fact 4 people on the crew, he saw some blurry people on a boat waving. The moral is - take your glasses and/or your phone to the shower.Overnight a large swell had come up. I don't know why as there was no significant overnight wind. We got the full sails up in about 15 to 20 knots of wind but the rain and big swell made it a fairly uncomfortable day. Not pleasant.Rachels sister Sarah came to see us in Arbroath with her boyfriend Andy. She was supposed to be collecting Rachel who was due to leave in Arbroath but Rachel decided to stay another day and Sarah would collect her in Stonehaven the next day. So a final night of giggling with Rachel and Rick. She's getting a bit twitchy about going back to real life and kids in Cornwall. Nice to see someone come on board full of the stresses of home and motherhood and slowly relax into the rythmn of the sailing.Bought Arbroath smokies from the fishmonger which we had for lunch the next day. Fantastic. Eaten on their own just grilled with butter.