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Saturday 7th July With only light wind forecasted but hot and sunny for the weekend, we just had to get back on the water after a week at work. We could get out to Elektra after 2100hrs on Friday evening so stayed on the mooring overnight, in the morning there was no rush to getContinue reading “Gillan to Precuil River”

Sunday 1st July There was no rush to get home and we stayed on the pontoon chatting to owners before thinking of leaving at low water but by that time a huge mat of floating weed was up against our stern and I needed to get rid of it before I started the engine, with theContinue reading “Truro River pontoon to Gillan”

Saturday 30th June The next morning we had to go into St Mawes for food and showers, so I pumped up the dinghy and when we were ready we went ashore. While ashore Vicki bought us breakfast, the day was already turning into another hot one. Back aboard the plan was to head from St MawesContinue reading “St Mawes to Truro River pontoon (SSOA Rally)”

Friday 29th June I had been watching the weather forecasts all week for the day to get back to the mainland, it hadn’t been looking good, it seemed the east wind was in for another week, Thursday or Friday looked possible but we would be motoring into the wind and tide! Then the wind wasContinue reading “Green Bay, Bryher to St Mawes”

Monday 25th June With the forecast of strong east wing from early tomorrow, we decided we would move around to Green Bay on the evening high water. In the morning at around low water we used the dinghy to get from St Martin’s to St Mary’s for shopping 3nm each way, mainly food but my inContinue reading “The Neck of the Pool, St Martin’s to Green Bay, Bryher”

Sunday 24th June After another lazy start to the day, I got out and rowed ashore to take some photos in the morning sunshine, this was the start of another fantastic day. On arriving back aboard Vicki had cooked a full English breakfast for us both to enjoy. After washing up we got Elektra readyContinue reading “Porthconger, St Agnes, to The Neck of the Pool, St Martin’s”

Saturday 23rd June We slept in late in the morning, I got out about 0900hrs and made coffee before rowing ashore the to text our shore contact and confirm we were safely at anchor in The Cove and to say we were staying for a week in the islands and would contact them again later inContinue reading “The Cove, St Agnes to Porthconger”

The alarm went off at 0330hrs and I climbed out of the bunk, dressed and put on my waterproofs, Vicki said do you think you will need them? I said I expect the decks will be all wet with due and it might be cold at this time! Out in the cockpit, the Durgan anchorageContinue reading “Friday 22nd June, passage to The Isles of Scilly”

After a hard week at work I arrived home at about 1700hrs, I needed to do some bookwork, shower, load truck and have dinner before driving down to the beach. The earliest we could get out to “Elektra” was 2100hrs due to the tide, we could see her  bounding up and down in the northeast wind. Out inContinue reading “Stowing the gear for passage to Scilly”

15-17th June We are planning our summer cruise, with jobs building up we decided to spend the windy weekend doing them ready for our get away. On the Friday evening after work we loaded up the punt and headed out to Elektra, once loaded and stowed we motored her in to Flushing Cove and anchored off theContinue reading “Getting ready for Scilly”