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With another strong wind warning, skippers at the pontoon party were discussing what time each were leaving! The forecast of westerly force 4-5 and southwest 5-7 later. Most skippers were going east but Rob and Mandy wanted to go back southwest to Falmouth. We were also going east to Cawsands and we were the firstContinue reading “Another strong wind warning!”

Vicki had a doctor appointment in Truro at 1530, we were hoping to get aboard and away from Gillan by 1900hrs, but l think we were wishing! We had hoped to get away before the strong winds forecasted for Saturday 24th, but by the time we did get aboard it was 1930hrs and it tookContinue reading “Early start!”

After the end of the easterly winds we could finally move Elektra out onto her seasonal mooring in Gillan Harbour. With plans of getting away again from Friday evening, so over high water l moved Elektra out onto her mooring. It was a lovely day and l thought l would go for a sail. WithContinue reading “Day sailing”

Just to prove the weather forecasters can get it right sometimes, the sun shone all day Sunday and we enjoyed it! With the east winds still bringing the cooling eliment, as long as we kept out of the wind the cockpit was a sun trap. We needed to head back home on Monday, and withContinue reading “Sunny Sunday and get home Monday”

Now into our 9th day aboard, the plan was to sail back to the Falmouth area. The forecast was NE force 3-4, then becoming E4 in the west. The tidal stream wouldn’t be with us until midday but as its a long passage we pulled up the anchor early. Without a working depth sounder, weContinue reading “Friday 16th of May”

We had bought Elektra in November 2016 when she was 32 years old. Since then we had steadily been updating her. She came with Stowe instruments which were mainly working when we bought her but had slowly packed up one at a time since then. Last winter l had Elektra pulled out of the waterContinue reading “Electronics”

We enjoyed the next day off in the Yealm River, while l arranged berth in Mayflower Marina for Elektra on Thursday. Being a member of the CA, l could get 50% off one night every month, that was quite a saving off the full price of £41 per night. I emailed Keith of PR SystemsContinue reading “Rest Day and Marina”

Next day we were planning to get to the Yealm River, the forecast was for the east winds to pick up from midday, so we planned to get away first light. We needed to get to Plymouth for PR Systems who fitted  Elektra’s new Garmin electronics during the winter, to get them working properly. ItContinue reading “Fowey to Yealm River”

In the morning it was raining hard and blowing hard from the East when we got out. The forecast was for it to clear and for the wind to ease. Our plan was to leave the Precuil River in the late afternoon and head east. The forecast proved to be true and by 1100hrs weContinue reading “Our first longer passage for 2025”