We cast off in the Yealm River at 0820hrs the tidal stream would be with us between 0915-1515hrs, l wasn’t expecting much wind to sail by, so thought we would be motoring west.
We had motored out to south of the Mew Stone 0850hrs, with almost no wind we continued to motor on in about 5nm of visibility across the entrance to Plymouth Sound and on past Rame Head. Then the visibility deterred to 1-2nm for the next 12nm. It was a case of switching on our Active Echomax reflector and checking the AIS often for the next 2hrs. By 1200hrs the fog has cleared and we had started sailing. We sailed for about an hour before the wind died away, then motored on across St Austell Bay to our favourite anchorage of Polgwyn Cove after logging 28.5nm in 5hrs. Vicki wasn’t happy because it was very rolly.
But we stayed anyway and Vicki went to bed for 2hrs. The forecast was for the wind to pick up from the northwest overnight so l was expecting the swells to stop during the night.
Love Sailing 