We reached the South Coast in two more legs – Howth to Arklow to Kilmore Quay. Lack of wind meant motoring down to Arklow, but we were aided by a 2.5+kts tide and arrived in harbour an hour ahead of schedule. It’s a river harbour and we tied up at the Sailing Club pontoon on the north bank. Hardly half a mile out the next morning our propellor was fouled by a floating line trailing from a lobster pot buoy. The rope cutter did its stuff but we were left trailing 30m of line and the buoy. Unable to free it off from the prop/rudder we had to cut it adrift. The passage down to and round Carnsore Point, the SE extremity of Ireland, was an exercise in buoy hopping in the haze. The coast is lined with offshore banks and shoals and we kept outside all these dangers, which are well marked with navigational buoys. Making west from Carnsore Point, we crossed St Patrick’s Bridge (a narrow, shallow gap in the reef between the Saltee Islands and the shore) and put in to Kilmore Quay, a busy fishing port with a small marina which welcomes visitors.