After doing more work, l had another opportunity for 2 weeks of sailing but the weather had changed for the worse. The forecast was showing endless blows following each other for the next fortnight.
We decided to go aboard on Thursday and sail north to Channals Creek in the Fal River. We got aboard in the afternoon, stowing the gear lifting the engine onto the pushpit and dinghy onto her davits we were ready. The forecast was giving northwesterly force 4-5 so l pulled the mainsail with one reef, Vicki motored Elektra out of Gillan and l set the genoa with one reef and stopped the engine.
Both Vicki and I were looking forward to this, there hadn’t been any wind so far this season when we were able to get out. We weren’t disappointed, Elektra took off across Falmouth Bay in a north-northeastly direction hard on the wind logging 5-6kts, we were loving it. It was great to be sailing again, a good force 5, Elektra was going well. Into the Carrick Roads between Pendennis Point and Black Rock and on towards St Mawes Castle. We tacked just west of the castle and headed for Falmouth Harbour. Just before the harbour we tacked again, now heading for St Just in Roseland. As we crossed the Roads again we were able to get Elektra to point a little better. We tacked again just north of St Just and headed west again, we tacked again just east of Mylor swing moorings, off this tack we were heading for Turnaware.
I started Elektra’s engine just south of Turnaware Buoy and rolled away the genoa, Vicki motored Elektra north as l lowered and stowed the mainsail. We dropped anchor in Channals Creek just 2hrs after leaving Gillan having logged 10nm.
Love Sailing 