After a lovely few days at St Martin’s the forecast for wet and windy mainly from the west and the Neck of the Pool wasn’t the place to be. We discussed our options and talked about going over to Old Grimsby on Tresco but with the wind forecasted to go from west to northwest on Monday we didn’t think there would be good, so decided to return to Green Bay, Bryher.
So on Friday an hour or so after we floated, l pulled up Elektra’s anchor and Vicki motored Elektra out south the way we came in to the Neck of the Pool. Now about half tide and rising, the local trip boats and ferries where moving about but not many yachts. We headed out south towards St Mary’s antenna with the sounder mainly showing 2.3m under the keel until we were south enough to turn southwest towards The Pots way point. It was interested seeing the Bryher ferry go north of the Pots while we stayed safe in deeper water. At the Pots WP we turned west for Paper Ledge way point. And followed another yacht into the shallows of New Grimsby Sound. Turning to starboard and then port around the rocks, the other yacht just carries on north without turning to port and Sampson Hill on Bryher. It wasn’t long before they discovered the shallow ground and almost stopped, but they did clear the shallows very slowly, while we went the longer deeper route.
When we turned around Merrick Island into Green Bay there was only about 5 yachts anchored there, so we could pick the prime spot just off the beach. By evening the numbers had swelled to 14 yachts for the blow to come, due to get up during that night.
During the rest of that day we relaxed in Elektra’s cockpit sunshine.
Love Sailing 