In the morning it was raining hard and blowing hard from the East when we got out. The forecast was for it to clear and for the wind to ease.
Our plan was to leave the Precuil River in the late afternoon and head east. The forecast proved to be true and by 1100hrs we were packing away the cockpit enclosure and getting ready to leave.
I pulled up the anchor at 1330hrs and Vicki motored Elektra out of the Precuil River while l pulled up the main with one reef. Started sailing after the moorings out of St Mawes. Turned south out the east side of the Carrick Roads, our best heading after passing St Anthony light house was south-southeast. It soon became clear we needed more sail, so l shook out the reef and pulled up the full main. It was good sailing and after about 3-4nm on that heading we tacked and headed towards the Dodman Point 10nm away. As l said the forecast proved to be right. After the first hour of that tack the wind began to ease and Elektra got slower until we had to start motor sailing up to the Dodman. The Dodman had overfalls, this was only the second time we had ever seen them here even though they are marked on the charts.
From the Dodman Point the wind died away altogether and we continued under motor and getting into Fowey at 1840hrs having logged 24.5nm
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