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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”

Saturday 4th August The tide was early for our passage east to the Yealm River, I had set the alarm for 0730hrs and we picked up the anchor at 0755hrs and we motored out of the cove setting all the sail we were logging a steady 4.5kts in the northwest 3, this continued for 2Continue reading “Gorran Haven to Yealm River”

Friday 3rd August With the chance of another holiday aboard, I had contacted Kevin with our plans to join in with 40th SSOA rally in Plymouth on the 8th of August. Having filled the fresh water tank and the diesel tank on Thursday evening. Our punt was still full of stores for our weeks holidayContinue reading “Gillan to Gorran Haven”

Friday 27th July After a late start Vicki cooked breakfast and after we sat in the cabin reading, this was a cloudy showery day but still warm. As we were aground 1.5hrs either side of low water we stayed until we had for about an hour after we had re-floated and picked up the anchorContinue reading “Helford to Gillan”