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The weather forecast for Monday was variable 1-3 with a northerly wind set to come in by 1600hrs but Vicki wanted to get back to Gillan and home not to late. This was a hot summers day even the wind was warm so just the best weather to be out on the water. So itContinue reading “Monday 11th June”

In the morning looking over the stern I could see the bottom an hour before low water, the aft had swung around towards the shore, I thought it cant be very deep. Checking with Vicki who was still in bed, I said I thought I could get down in the water and clear the prop butContinue reading “Sunday 10th June”

After 80hrs of work over the last eight days it was time to get out and use “Elektra” again, some sailing and hopefully some R&R which I needed. With high water not until 1400hrs the tide was not going to be high enough to get “Elektra” out of Carne Creek until 1300hrs, the wind was fromContinue reading “Saturday 9th June”

The forecast for our return passage on Monday was very little wind again and it was right! We stopped twice to try to sail but where only logging 1.5kts SOG with about 1kt of tide, so we mainly motored leaving at 0830hrs and getting back into Gillan at 1250hrs having logged 23.5nm. Being a nice dayContinue reading “Monday 28th May”

There had been a change of west country SSOA chairman, unlike last season where I was encouraged to arrange a Fowey weekend, the new chairman didn’t want it and would of stopped it if he could. I was asked by members to arrange another Fowey Rally this season but didn’t want to undermine the newContinue reading “Fowey Sadler Rally 2018 (Carter’s Cruise)”

This weekend there was a planned Sadler Rally in Fowey but the wind was looking a little light, the tide stream was with us 1345-1945hrs. Having waited for the tide to come in to get our punt out we stowed the gear and dropped the mooring at 1250hrs as crossing Falmouth Bay there was no helpContinue reading “Friday 25th May”

We would have liked to have sailed a little longer on Sunday but we had to get back to our mooring and into the shore via our dinghy before 1400hrs due to the tide, so we just sailed across Falmouth Bay in a southeast 3, 6.5nm in 1.5hrs.

  This was the highlight of our day out getting in close for a photo of this classic. There has been lots of nice sailing weather in May so far but not a lot of wind, another weekend just the same but we were going out anyway. The forecast was var1-3 and when we gotContinue reading “Saturday 19th May”

The forecast over the weekend had been wet but the weather had turned out to be great. My wife Vicki and I had lots of homework to do and with the wet forecast had stayed home, now kicking ourselves having let a good weekend go, we decided to go sailing on Monday. The plan had beenContinue reading “Monday 14th May”

I had blown up the roll-up dinghy and tried the engine, which started 2nd pull but the gear selector would not engage so we stayed aboard all the weekend. After a weekend just lounging around and sleeping, we motored Elektra back to her mooring in Gillan Harbour.