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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”

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”