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After the last weekend we were looking for a weekend doing nothing and not to far from Gillan. Tony and Sandra the last owners of “Elektra” had got hold of me though this blog and said they had her cruising chute which I could have . There mooring is in the Precuil River and weContinue reading “Friday 23rd June”

An early start saw us motoring out of Fowey at 0700hrs with a forecast of easterly 4 for our passage to Gillan in the southwest. But no wind again so out with the tiller pilot again and we motored to the Dodman Point, from there we sailed for a while until we got fed upContinue reading “Monday 19th June”

After a lazy start to the day we headed out of the Yealm River at HW, not bothering with the transit around the bar we just sailed over it instead with 2m under the keel. we set the sails and were sailing at over 5kts out of the bay, as we turned around the MewContinue reading “Sunday 18th June”

On the 17th of June after lots of relaxing and sleeping in the cockpit we headed in the dinghy down river to the other pontoon for the SSOA bar-b-q, explaining that we were on the quite pontoon up river. Six yachts had come, thirteen sailors altogether talking Sadler yachts and sailing though the evening. VickiContinue reading “SSOA Yealm Bar-B-Q 2017”

David Penn of the local SSOA was hosting a Bar-B-Q in the Yealm River on the evening of the 17th of June, we decided we would like to go and the weather forecast was looking good. I finished my work late on Thursday having worked non stop for the last eleven days, Vicki had packed theContinue reading “Friday 16th June”

The outlook next week was looking very poor but for today the weather men were giving SW3-4, looks like it will be another sail into the wind back to Gillan. I lifted the anchor and cleaned the decks while Vicki motored Elektra out of Channels Creek and south past Turnaware buoy, I came back toContinue reading “Sunday 4th June”

I had seen forecast for next week and decided to get away for the weekend while the weather allowed. In the morning I changed our 8ft dory punt for 8ft RIB, we had found the dory to be too heavy to pull out of the water up a stony beach, the RIB would be easier. WeContinue reading “Friday 2nd of June”

Having looked at the forecast, looked like Monday was going to be on the nose for us, so it was better for us to leave on Sunday, the tide stream wasn’t with us until 1130hrs so we didn’t have to rush off. Bit more chatting with members before the off. The wind was forecast toContinue reading “Sunday 28th May”

The tide stream was with us 0400-1000hrs, I lifted he anchor at 0615hrs and Vicki motored us out of St Mawes to where we could set sail, it was raining, still motoring into wind I raised the main with one reef. Now heading south I could set the genoa but it wouldn’t un-roll, I wentContinue reading “Fowey SSOA Rally 2017”

The idea today was to sail to Fowey so a SSOA Rally which I had arranged for the bank holiday weekend, weather was a bit iffy, the forecast was ESE 4-6 easing later and forecast to blow from the W on Saturday. We thought it would be possible to get to Fowey on Friday asContinue reading “Friday 26th May”