Having been limited to a week at a time aboard, this had always hampered going to far from home, once we were 3 day sails from home we would always turn back. Although we had been to Dartmouth twice before it had been aboard our last “Gala” and we hadn’t got past Salcombe with “Elektra” in the last nine seasons.
So coming out of Dartmouth and turning north along the coast was a new experience in new waters for us. There seemed a nice wind when we exited the Dart and to start with we were sailing at about 5kts but then the wind died away and l started her engine again. Motoring up the coast towards Berry Head, the wind filled in again and l unrolled the genoa and stopped the engine.
From there we had a great sail, passing in close to Berry Head and then turning towards Torquay, with the big wheel a nice land mark to aim for.
Having called up the harbour master and asked for a visitor berth, we motored in and moored up to V pontoon having logged 12nm in 2.75hrs.
We spent 3 nights there, met friend for a drink on the Friday evening and other friends for dinner another evening and watched the air show which was on over the whole weekend.
Love Sailing 