After a lovely night at anchor during north-northwest wind in Polgwyn Cove (good shelter NW-NE winds, but swell can increase from NE). Friends Robert and Mandy in their Sadler 34, were sailing east from Falmouth today and planned to join us in Polgwyn Cove, Robert said his eta was 1400hrs. It was will I was doing the washing up I could see a yacht off Chaple Point heeling well over and wondered if it was them! Then the phone rang, it was Robert asking if we were still in Polgwyn Cove, they had just rounded Chaple Point at 1200hrs. Yes I said, “I can see you!” We had dropped anchor last evening with one other yacht in the cove, by 1400hrs today there were 4 yachts at anchor in the cove. I didn’t like the forecast for the coming night of westerly force 4 gusting 6.
After Rob and Mandy had lunch they came over in their dinghy and we had a chat with a few beers, now nice sunny weather with that cold north wind which had continued now into June, we all still had our jumpers on! Around the late afternoon Rob and Mandy returned to their yacht, Vicki and I were still unsure of staying in Polgwyn with the nights forecast. Then it was a strong gust around 1630hrs which made me decide to leave, having got ready to leave I pulled up the anchor at 1700hrs and headed east to Fowey, on just Elekra’s genoa. Slow at first, still in the shelter of Black Head, things soon hotted up, we were logging hight 5kts into low 6kts. Cutting the corner inside Cannis Buoy, harder onto the wind Elektra creamed along on her ear the last 2nm into Fowey entrance. Starting the engine Vicki motored her in slowly in and I hooked a mooring at 1810hrs having logged 6nm.
The wind howled in Fowey that night but Elektra was calm on a swing mooring. Robert told me later the wind got up around 0300hrs that night and the following morning they also came over to Fowey. Vicki was under the weather on Monday which we used as a rest day.
Love Sailing 