Monday 12 July 2010 Eyemouth N55 52.52’ W002 05.29’

Eyemouth. And after a wonderful day at sea. Breeze was generally light Force 2 or 3 but with sunshine most of the way. The lock gate at Arbroath opened at 1200 hours and a rapid passage was necessary to get to Eyemouth before there was insufficient water to get in through the harbour to the yacht pontoon and hence we motor sailed most of the way, making between 6 and 7 knots. A Contessa 34 ‘Magic Moon’, that we first met in Peterhead, arrived an hour or so later and gracefully went aground on the bank in the middle of the harbour but managed to extract herself to the fish dock; next morning she disgraced herself by leaving without paying – with much muttering from the Harbour Master!

Eyemouth is a working fishing port, unlike many not a ‘has been’ fishing port. However they do actively welcome yachts. it is known for a disaster on Friday 14 October 1818 when out of a clear blue sky a gale sprang up and sunk 23 fishing boats.