Day three - Sunday, June 22nd - an early start to catch the tide.  Not a universally popular idea with the First Mate as we left Yarmouth at 07.25 on another beautiful sunny morning.  Very few other boats about at that time (can't think why) and we sped off towards Portland averaging around 9 knots over the ground with the tidal assistance for our hard working Yanmar engine.  Sadly, the lovely weather meant any attempt to sail would have doomed us to a long, hot day making little more progress than the tide would give us so we still have yet to raise the sails on this, our "sailing" adventure.
We made such good time that we diverted to Lulworth Cove to see if there might be space to anchor for an early lunch but it looked too busy to practice our rusty anchoring skills in full view of a large and interested audience looking for some entertainment.  Instead, we headed on to Portland marina, arriving  at 12.40. Very good time and rather earlier than I had anticipated, so there was much joy on the part of FM.
Interesting place - our first visit to a new marina that was only opened in 2009, set in the vast open space of the old naval base. Very smart facilities and a good light lunch at the marina pub / restaurant but with a sense of it still being something of a work in progress with new roads, undeveloped building sites and a fair amount of commercial activity all around, not to mention the air sea rescue helicopter coming and going.
Still, no complaints about the continuing lovely weather that looks set to give us a pleasant long hop across Lyme Bay, heading for Dartmouth, on Tuesday.  Off to find somewhere to eat in Weymouth tonight as the marina restaurant is closed on Sunday and Monday nights, just when we want it. Ho hum.
The log shows us as only having travelled around 34 miles rather than the 40 odd miles distance involved - the wonders of the "road" moving in the same direction as you, like a gigantic travelator.