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Move to seasonal mooring

The wind and rain had continued, the plan had been to move Elektra to her seasonal mooring on Monday the 8th of April but with the gales continuing I pushed it off to Wednesday 10th. I was down to St Anthony for 0630hrs to launch the dinghy, it was another wet day! The outboard startedContinue reading “Move to seasonal mooring”

Pumping up dinghy and running outboard engine

The time had come to get the dinghy out and pump it up for the new season. I had made a new 20mm plywood board for the underside of the inflatable floor as the 12mm ply which came with the new dinghy 2 seasons ago had broke in half last year. The board keeps theContinue reading “Pumping up dinghy and running outboard engine”

Ready to sail

After the last time I was aboard, it had rain non-stop for 4 days followed 4 days of dry weather which I had used for work, luckly it stayed dry one more day to allow me to bend on Elektra’s sails and rerun her sheets, next day the rain started again! Two days later duringContinue reading “Ready to sail”

Rain, will it ever stop?

Since the 7th of February we have only had 14 dry days, I had used 9 of them for work. There were winter jobs on Elektra which needed dry days to complete but with rain most days, I was finding it dificult getting them done and time is running out. On the 13th March aContinue reading “Rain, will it ever stop?”

Antifouling and jobs ashore

Elektra had been pulled ashore on Wednesday 28th of Feb for a week, mainly to allow me to give her a coat of antifouling. The forecast can only be described as changeable, I was looking for a dry day. The forecasters were showing some dry over the weekend but each time I looked it wasContinue reading “Antifouling and jobs ashore”

Elektra, comes out for antifouling

I had arranged with the local boat yard for Elektra to be pulled out, pressure washed, so I could give her a fresh coat of antifouling. A fortnight before I had pulled Elektra back down the creek sides into deeper water to make sure she would float when the time came to move her. TheContinue reading “Elektra, comes out for antifouling”

How I got into boats and sailing

As a family we had always holidayed in Cornwall in a village near the Helford River where my Mum had been brought up, her father was a farmer. I had learnt to swim very early in life. My Mum and Dad were both teachers realised early, I didn’t have the brains to be a teacherContinue reading “How I got into boats and sailing”

Photos from 2023

Flexiteek Trims

I had been over to Neal at Kernow Covers to pick up Elektra’s winter cockpit cover, Neal had the cover all summer but hadn’t got around to doing the work needed, he had agreed to do as I waited as he needed to check with me what was needed. The forecast was for heavy rain,Continue reading “Flexiteek Trims”

Removing sails

On Sunday 22nd October at 1200hrs with a forecast of dry weather Vicki went down to Elektra to remove her sails and fold up for the winter. Vicki isn’t very able these days, getting down to the creek bed from the road she nearly fill in but I managed to save her, she wouldn’t haveContinue reading “Removing sails”