Scafell pike: short post

The pike felt like really hard work. We think our running time was 7h06m which we are happy with. The goal was to get up and down the hill in about 7h30m in order to get out of the lock on the same tide. We managed this just. We had 10cm under the keel it the outer harbour at whitehaven. We are the only boat to have got out on the same tide and so have a 5 hour head start. I suspect the other yachts will be hunting us down over the next 24 hours or so. We currently have nice wind and calm rear and are going well. Fingers crossed.
My fan club is continuing to support us. We saw my nieces in wales prior to there ascent of snowdon and mum met us at whitehaven at 3am. It is great having this support.
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