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At the beginning of the season we had a 80W solar panel, controller and meter fitted by a pro, this has worked much better than we expected, never once being short of power. We kept the old batteries making one bank of 210ah and added another bank of 220ah, these two banks were then used alternative days with the solarContinue reading “End of 2018 season summing-up”

First thing was to lay the winter moorings, its a sticky job getting down in the mud but with know how it can be done without getting stuck. I use wadders for this and walk down the stream which is has a stoney bottom. I set two 15kg Bruce stern anchors  in the deep mud with 20mContinue reading “Unloading and Laying up for the winter”

[wpvideo S9WTmWYN After a very nice weekend at anchor, we had a lovely fast sail home, this video is going south in the Carrick Roads into a 2kt north spring tide, we only sailed on our genoa. Saturday 20th October Today was the main “Sadler & Starlight Owners Association” AGM and 40th anniversary party inContinue reading “A few days at anchor due no wind”

Friday 19th October With a chance of one last weekend aboard before Elektra is laid-up for the winter but the forecast was showing little or no wind again! It had been blowing strong east and north easterly in the last few days. We loaded the punt and headed out to Elektra bobbing up and downContinue reading “Gillan to Channels Creek”

Wednesday 3rd October We needed to be home by Thursday evening but the forecast was giving strong southwest wing on Thursday so we thought it wise to go back on Wednesday but with a forecast of westerly force 3 or less, it wasn’t looking good for a great sail home. When we left Channels CreekContinue reading “Channels Creek to Gillan Harbour”

Tuesday 2nd October After a day with gas engineer sealing leak on cooker and gas safety record. Two other companies came to quote for a new cockpit enclose. At 1630hrs we cast off and headed for a quite anchorage, having a great sail north up the sheltered waters of the Carrick Roads with slightly too much sail,Continue reading “Falmouth Y H to Channels Creek”

Monday 1st October Having had a good sail on Saturday we went into holiday mode on Sunday, spending the whole day at anchor reading and relaxing. This changed our plans for the week and on Monday I arranged with marine trades for some work to be done and some work to be priced on Tuesday.Continue reading “Precuil River to Falmouth Yacht Haven”

Saturday 29th September With the chance of a few more days away sailing we had planed an early get away on Saturday hoping to get to Polkerris, next day to Polperro and the next to Looe, but plans are one think and quite often don’t work out! Elektra had been put on a mooring inContinue reading “Gillan to Polkerris or not!”

Monday 10th September With the big spring tide I had decided it would be a good idea to dry out and clean Elektra’s bottom, I could see looking into the water there was weed growing on the bilge keels and the rudder. As it turn out  she wasn’t as bad as I first thought, justContinue reading “Scrubbing Elektra’s bottom”

Sunday 9th September The spring tide had left us aground on the mud from 1000hrs, we knew we would be but that’s what bilge keels are for. So it was 1400hrs before we lifted our anchor and motored out to Turnaware Buoy before setting all the sail south down Carrick Roads, the wind was interesting,Continue reading “Turnaware to Gillan”