Outside the Ardglass harbour wall Peter put up the sails and we made steady progress for more than 2.5 hours until the wind dropped completely. Then back on the motor we passed through low cloud with poor visibility finally emerging after an hour and a half to a distant sight of the Isle of Man. At this point Peter decided to get his head down for an hour. No sooner had he dozed off I called him back on deck as we had got company. A pod of 20+ dolphins were following the boat, swimming and jumping all around. They stayed with us for more than 40 minutes giving us a spectacular display.
After waiting a few minutes for a swing bridge to open we entered Peel marina. We found the town's laundrette and then we set off to track down the famous Manx Queenie - local scallops.
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