Takamatsu

Position 34 degrees  21.19 N 134 degrees 02.52 E

I said this morning we would leave tomorrow.  Well we decided to leave at noon today instead and we probably bit off a little more than we could chew today.  After all trying to do a 35 mile passage 18 hours after a typhoon passes is not the smartest thing in the world.  But we were lulled a bit by the super protected Nio marina.  Anyway twenty minutes after leaving we were questioning ourselves.  We had winds from 15 to 27 so we were making great time motor sailing with a double reefed main and staysail.  This passage took us under the Seto-O-Hashi bridge which is a gorgeous series of bridges connecting Honshu and Shikoku and when going under we had a positive four knot current smoking us along at over nine and a half knots.

So though the ride was a little lumpy, cold, windy and slightly miserable it really wasn't bad.  But arriving here has been a disappointment, because it looks like a wonderful  town.  But it is so bouncy the bridge to shore has been removed until it calms and we can't get ashore.  Good thing we have beer and Pauline is making us dinner.