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Saturday 8th September We had been told the Heron Inn at Malpas was good for food and we wanted to check it out, so at lunch time we set off in the dinghy for a pint and to see the menu and maybe book a table for Saturday evening. The beer was good and theContinue reading “Truro City by dinghy”

Friday 7th September With the chance of another weekend aboard, I had been out to Elektra on Thursday evening to fill up the water and top up the diesel. with a few home jobs in the morning of Friday and the tide out until 1145hrs. After loading the stores it was 1345hrs before we dropped ourContinue reading “Gillan to Truro River near Malpas”

Sunday 2nd September After a foggy/drizzle day on Saturday the sun came out for Sunday, the forecasters were giving SSE4-nil which didn’t look very good for sailing back to Gillan, low water was at 1628hrs so would be out if we rushed back on the engine. We picked up the anchor at 1250hrs, pulled up the mainContinue reading “Turnaware to Gillan”

Friday 31st August After coming back from our last holiday aboard on the 13th August I had been busy at work and today was our first chance to go sailing again. The forecasters were giving south-southwest F4-5 and so we left shelter of Gillan at 1315hrs on just a genoa thinking it would be a speedyContinue reading “Gillan to Turnaware”

Monday 13th August. We were out early and picked up our anchor at 0630hrs, we had a forecast of northwest 4-5 which looked good for our passage in a west-southwest direction. We motored out of the Cawsands, there seemed very little wind, the tide was against us until 1100hrs so we continued to motor west, thinking it would giveContinue reading “Cawsands to Gillan”

Sunday 12th August. After a day of rest on Friday and then the gale though Saturday and Sunday morning, I need to get home for work, the forecast was looking good for Monday. We decided to get out of the Yealm and over to Cawsands ready for an early getaway on Monday. Sunday the forecastContinue reading “Yealm River to Cawsands”

Thursday 9th August. No rush to get away on the Thursday we waited for the free flow to start after 1300hrs, the plan was to sail back to the Yealm River to meet up with Alison (Molly’s mother) and have a meal at The Ship Inn. We cast off at 1450hrs with a forecast ofContinue reading “Sutton Marina to Yealm River”

Wednesday 8th August On Wednesday we were booked into Sutton Harbour Marina for the night to celebrate the Sadler& Starlight Owners Association 40th Anniversary by the West Country Branch with the fireworks to follow in the evening. The forecasters were giving southwest 3-4 so with a downwind sail  we decided to just sail the 3-4nm on ourContinue reading “Cawsands to Sutton Marina”

Monday 6th August On Monday after showers we cast off from the pontoon and motored out of the Yealm River over the bar and out to the Mew Stone where we set all the sail for Cawsands. We thought Molly would like sailing as she had done a year ago but she didn’t and soonContinue reading “Yealm River to Cawsands”

On Sunday we were picking up our granddaughter Molly (10) for a few days aboard, this turned out to be a full on few days and as much as we love her I think we were both glad to see her go back to her mother on Thursday evening. Molly makes friends easily and wasContinue reading “Sunday 5th August”