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After Elektra’s fire, she had been rewired at the end of July. And then we had been away sailing for 5-6 weeks, we had found a few little electrical jobs which needed doing. So I had concacted Rupert our marine electrician to arrange for them to be done. On the 1st of October at firstContinue reading “Some little electical jobs”

After the last day sail on Friday, it had got me in the mood for more sailing, and Sunday was looking good. The forecast was NNW force 3 and Elektra sails very well in a light breeze. One out to the mooring and aboard Elektra, I started getting here ready to leave, what wind thereContinue reading “More, day sailing”

After being aboard for 2.5 weeks in some pretty awful weather, we were both glad to get home! Even if the weather did improve over the next week. So when my friend Paul asked, could l take him across the bay in Elektra, to see what she sails like, Paul was thinking of buying aContinue reading “Day sailing”

After being anchored in Cawsands for three nights, we had to leave for Fowey as l was the organiser of a CA rally there over the weekend. The weather running up to the rally wasn’t looking good, and a few had backed out over the last week. But what would it look like if theContinue reading “Cawsands to Fowey”

With the forecast of southwest force 6 gusting 7 for Wednesday and southwest force 4 gusting 6 for Thursday, we would be staying in Cawsands until Friday. On Tuesday evening, Cawsands was quite calm, and before nightfull 3 other yachts came in and anchored. But the anchorage was fairly rolly on Wednesday and all, butContinue reading “Anchored in Cawsands, waiting for the weather to move on to Fowey.”

After arrival in Cawsands, dropping anchor, we went about our jobs, the cockpit enclosure needed put back up. Once that was done, Vicki went down to make a hot chocolate. It was discovered by Vicki that we had run out of water. The tap was on, and the pump was running, but no water wasContinue reading “Water water is everywhere but not a drop to drink!”

Once back from our showers and Vicki was aboard, l removed the outboard from the dinghy onto the pushpit and then attached the davit lines before climbing aboard myself. I then  pulled the dinghy up onto the davits. Removed the cockpit enclosure and stowed below. I started the engine and switched on the instrument. IContinue reading “Escape from the Yealm River!”

We arrived in the Yealm River on Friday, 5th September, and now it was Friday 12th. There had been almost end to end gales since Sunday. We knew this would be the case as a week ago, as the forecast was bad, but we had accepted that we would get stuck somewhere. But now, aContinue reading “Yealm River, week two!”

On Sunday evening, after we moved from the rally pontoon to a swing mooring, we were much happier. Apart from the feeling of being at anchor, here I also had a mobile signal. I was able to catch up on my online stuff and update my blog. We knew before we left Gillan that weContinue reading “On holiday in the Yealm River”