After going home on Sunday, Monday came in wet and windy but the weather showed an improvement from Tuesday. I told Vicki and she ordered shopping for delivery on Tuesday morning. We had to be home anyway on Tuesday to put out the recycling and pick in the empty bins afterwards as we now had over 4 weeks worth waiting.
We got away from home just after the shopping arrived at 1100hrs and we’re aboard getting ready to leave by 1200hrs. The tidal stream was with us from 1100hrs to 1700hrs and we finally let go the mooring at 1350hrs having found we had left something l had to go back home for. More hast less speed, springs to mind.
I roller out Elektra’s genoa until we could judge how much sail she would need. The forecast said west northwest force 4. After moving across Helford River Entrance we decided more sail was in need so l pulled up the main with one reef and things hotted up, Elektra started logging between 5-7kts, over the 1st hour she logged 5.5nm across the tide but the wind was variable in strength, the amount of sail was plenty some of the time but not enough rest of the time. Elektra covered the 14nm to the Dodman in 2.75hrs.
From the Dodman l should have shaken out the reef in the mainsail but l am a cautious sailor, normally to little sail than too much! But this slowed Elektra’s progress. And we arrived in Fowey entrance 5hrs after leaving Gillan having logged 23nm, l rolled away the genoa and pulled down the main as Vicki motored Elektra into Fowey, we picked up a swing mooring.
Love Sailing 