With another strong wind warning, skippers at the pontoon party were discussing what time each were leaving! The forecast of westerly force 4-5 and southwest 5-7 later. Most skippers were going east but Rob and Mandy wanted to go back southwest to Falmouth.
We were also going east to Cawsands and we were the first to cast off at 0610hrs. While Vicki motored Elektra south out of Fowey entrance l coiled the lines and retreaved the fenders and took over the helm from Vicki as we exited. I set up the tiller pilot and set course for Udder Buoy our first way point. Which we passed at 0650hrs, the sea was moderate but not enough wind to sail by, so we continued to motor. By 0730hrs we were motor sailing to help stop the rolling. And 10 minutes later l had stopped the engine.
From there the sailing was very good with the occasional surfing waves and seeing 6-7kts on the plotter. With the wind increasing after 0830hrs my last full entry in the log, the log got a little sketchy as l couldn’t leave the helm anymore. But Vicki jotted down that we passed Rame Head at 0917hrs. Vicki had to come out into the cockpit to the helm so l could pull the genoa though as we jibed onto a port tack to turn into Plymouth Sound. By this time the sea was very rough, but the jibe went well and we headed for and passed Day Stone buoy at 0950hrs. As we turned towards Cawsands the wind disappeared very quickly, we rolled the sail and motored in dropping anchor 4hrs after casting off in Fowey having logged 20nm.
Rob and Mandy motor sailed Sununu back to Falmouth over the same time period. Kevin also planning to head west stayed in Fowey for a few more days in his Sadler 26. But everyone else coming east to Plymouth area enjoyed the same good sailing. Afterwards on our WhatsApp group we seemed to all have enjoyed ourselves. I suggested another song for the pontoon party’s “rocking rolling riding” lol 😆
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