Crew change day. Mathew arrived just before mid day, having driven up from Swindon and in short order Ted departed in the car to Reading. He looked a little concerned in having to drive a BMW 1 series sport but seem to accept the car – the impression was given that this was a young man’s car and not a luxury motorway cruiser.
As rapidly as possible, Mathew and I put to sea for Whitby. The wind was predominantly from the south west increasing as the afternoon passed from less than 10 knots to touching 30 knots. For few times this cruise so far, reefing was required. But with the later sunshine, we romped along past the Teesside where I have spent long periods building various port projects. The past Runswick Bay where we used to go for picnics and to sail a newly acquired Lark dinghy when we lived on Teesside.
Alcyone entered Whitby early evening in glorious sunshine. She is now in ‘God’s own county’ – Yorkshire. In the evening sunshine Whitby looked very attractive, maybe one of the most attractive harbours we have visited; so very different from the dour grey Scottish fishing harbours.
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