A chance of a few more days aboard

The problem was, l had to work all week including Friday and by Saturday Elektra was neeped!

So it was Sunday on the high water at 1518hrs before l could move Elektra from her gale proof mooring in Carne Creek out to her summer swing mooring in Gillan Harbour. By which time our plans had changed because of the weather and the tide times.

With the outlook for almost no wind, we didn’t want to motor all the way to Fowey only to motor all the way back a few days later due to no wind. So now we would be staying locally again for a different reason. We went abroad on Monday evening, staying on her mooring as l needed to get something ashore on Tuesday morning.

After my run ashore we dropped Elektra’s mooring at 1125hrs setting a reefed main and all her genoa for the sail across Falmouth Bay to the Precuil River. The forecast was for northwesterly force 4-5 increasing northerly 5-7 later. We did want the later wind. Elektra was on her ear for the whole passage, maybe a little too much sail but we stuck with it enjoying being over canvassed, only a couple of times did we lose steerage and she turned into the wind before gaining control again. Was great sailing until rolling in the genoa in St Mawes. Vicki motored Elektra up the river and l lowered and packed away her mainsail. Once we had dropped anchor we put up her cockpit enclosure just before the rain.

What followed was a wet and windy night but all was gone in the morning, Wednesday was sunny with clouds and spent lazing in the cockpit. I also caught up on some blogging which l hadn’t got to because of work.

Thursday was more of the same but we did have a run upto the head of the Precuil River in our dinghy on the evening high water which is nice to do in good weather. An hour and a half later we were back aboard Elektra again.

The forecast for the weekend was poor with strong winds and heavy rain, so we decided to go back on Friday. For Saturday they were giving east winds and stronger on Sunday morning so we would be mooring on her gale proof mooring in Carne Creek which meant leaving the Precuil River about 1600hrs. We tried sailing, the wind was light, Elektra was logging between 2.5-3kts but as we got nearer to the Helford River her speed dropped of to 1.3-1.8kts at which point we started the engine. We motored into Gillan only turning east to lower the main before motoring on into Carne Creek and mooring up.

On Sunday afternoon l moved Elektra back out onto her seasonal mooring as a wet and windy week was forecasted, mainly west and southwest winds.