If the weather forecasts got paid by results they would be very rich!

With Saturdays forecast showing no wind and easterly winds for Sunday. We decided to head back around the Lizard Point on Friday, the forecast was for North-Northwest force 2-3 increasing force 4 in evening

The tide wouldn’t be with us until 1515hrs, not wanting to get back after dark we planned to leave St Michael’s Mount between 1300-1400hrs. We were ready so we left at 1300hrs, l pulled the mainsail up and genoa out and l goose winged her for 1/2hr at 2.5kts in a south-southeast direction until the speed dropped below 2kts. At which point l started the engine and motored in Southeast in the right direction.

Then 1/2hrs later, the wind filled in from a Southerly direction, a force 2-3 and Elektra  was sailing well towards the Lizard Point, for the next 2hrs right up to the unsettled water off the Lizard Point she sailed.

Then when we turned the corner at 1530hrs the wind was behind us and not enough for Elektra to sail. So from there we motored. The wind then changed to a Northerly force 3-4 west of Coverack. By that time we just keep on motoring up and around Manacle Buoy which we passed at 1800hrs. Then turning Northwest towards the Nare Point, and west from the Nare Pt we motored very carefully into Gillan with the sun low in the sky trying hard to avoiding the pot markers in the glare of the sun on the water, and we picked up Elektra’s mooring at 1845hrs having logged 28.5nm.