Having been in Porth Cressa for 2 nights, the forecast was now showing another strong wind warning this time from the East. The strong winds were due to come though on Saturday and Sunday, so on Thursday we moved over Porth Congor on St Agnes, this we thought would be sheltered from the easterly winds. It had been 7 years since we had last visited St Agnes.
So at the end of Thursday after l had walked the Garrison Walk from Porth Cressa. We moved the 2nm to Porth Congor and dropped anchor between the moorings and the bar. Mainly yachts use the Cove southeast of the bar because this is deeper water. But we like Porth Congor as it’s quieter. What we had forgotten was both The Cove and Porth Congor suffer from no mobile signal, something which wouldn’t of bothered me 7 years ago but dose now!
Anyway we stayed the night and about an hour either side of low water we bumped up and down on the sandy bottom for 10mins, which wasn’t a nice feeling!
By the next morning l had decided to leave and go back to Porth Loo, so at 0800hrs l pulled up her anchor and motored her slowly out and turned north for St Mary’s Harbour. Half an hour later we had dropped anchor in Porth Loo with 1.5m under the keel at low water. We were here early but already there was about 15 yacht anchored here. Being shallow draft we were able to get in closer than most. Then over the rest of the day the numbers increased to 25.
Vicki and me went ashore for some shopping and had a pub lunch in the Mermaid Inn, before returning to Elektra and enjoying the sunshine in the cockpit between breaks out of the heat in the cabin! 24C in the shade and not much wind to cool things down! On the plus side we stayed out in the cockpit until dark before retiring below.
Love Sailing 