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After getting back from Scilly l started working but the weather had other ideas and my 4 days of work took 7 days to complete. The forecast was still changeable, and with the possibility of 12 days available, the Monday to Wednesday of the following week looked wet and windy. We decided to go localContinue reading “More time for sailing”

On Monday 1st of July we pulled up our anchor in Porth Cressa and were motoring out by 0800hrs (what l didn’t realise at the time was if l had worked out the tide correctly, we should have left at 0600hrs or before). But that wasn’t in my mind at the time, the forecast wasContinue reading “Homeward bound”

On Saturday morning when l looked out, the wind had picked up from the south, Elektra was now swinging over the rocky area at the northern side of Green Bay. “Tantrum” the Moody 346 was very close ahead of Elektra. Vicki and l had a brief chat about what we would do, we might ofContinue reading “We love Scilly (part 2)”

Ever since we first went to Scilly in 2009 we have anchored in Green Bay and being a drying anchorage the anchors are visible at low water, l have always been interested in how well they worked or didn’t in some cases. But it was the summer of 2013 which really made me think ofContinue reading “Anchors”

After a good night’s sleep l awoke on Tuesday to a dry overcast day. The first thing l did was row ashore for a walk on St Martin’s. After a good walk l got back to the beach, the sun was trying to break though the clouds, it was looking like a nice day 😀Continue reading “We love Scilly!”

After the last time we thought of going out to The Isle of Scilly in May the weather just hadn’t been good enough for long enough! Both Vicki and I love Scilly and are always looking for the weather to allow us to go but we know only too well that Scilly isn’t the placeContinue reading “Scilly take two!”

The plan was to leave Fowey back to Gillan with the good forecast of north-northwest force 4 on Tuesday as the weather for Wenesday was nil wind before the coming Low set to come in on Thursday, southwesterly force 5 gusting 7 with heavy rain. As our passage is in a southwesterly direction to Gillan,Continue reading “Fowey to Gillan before the Low”

With the time availible for more sailing the plan had been to get Elektra loaded with water, diesel and new camping gaz bottle Friday morning over high water before I had some work to finish. We had problems with the outboard the last time we were aboard when I thought I had flooded it, itContinue reading “Time for more sailing”

On Thursday 30th of May Vicki dropped me back in Fowey with a bag of clothes, water proofs and some stores. I also had 5lts of coolant, when l then dropped into the Harbour Masters office to pay for 2 more nights, Elektra had arrived last Friday and l was going to sail her homeContinue reading “Now to bring Elektra home”