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Out at first light and got Elektra ready to leave, with it light but not quite properly light l switched on her navigation and steaming lights. Pulling up her anchor at 0600hrs and headed south down the Tamar River under the bridges and into the last of the incoming tide and into Sand Acre BayContinue reading “Long day!”

After breakfast, l pulled up Elektra’s anchor and headed back down river to a planned anchorage just south of Weir Point south of Cargreen. The forecast was for no wind until midday and then southwest force 4 vearing northwest in the evening. I had plans to meet up family in the evening, but wanted toContinue reading “Back down the Tamar to another anchorage”

I had thought of going up the Tamar River to Calstock but having looked at Calstock boat yard website, l changed my mind. They needed to see a copy of my insurance before hiring a visitor mooring at £15 per night. The insurance had to be 3 million cover, you yacht had to be inContinue reading “The upper Tamar River”

Not true really. Since Vicki became ill at the end of April, l have massively reduced the amount of alcohol which l was drinking back then. Drinking alcohol is a social thing and being alone now, l don’t have them same need for it, but that’s not saying l’m now tea total either.

Anchored in the entrance of the Lynher River, l had decided to explore the river by dinghy as Vicki and l had done so many times on other rivers in the southwest. Even fin keel yachts can lie at anchor in Dandy Hole 2nm west if where Elektra was at anchor, although swinging room hasContinue reading “Exploring the Lynher River”

I was woken up early before day break because of the anchor chain grinding on the bow roller. The forecast wind for the day before was here now here and Elektra was swinging to and throw in the gusts, making a lot of clonking from the bow roller. There wasn’t  anything l could do aboutContinue reading “Moving up the Tamar River”

After the previous week at anchor in the Precuil River, l was keen to start sailing again. The forecast for the weekend looked good for getting up to Plymouth. The weather app l was using gave north-west force 3-4 backing to west north-west 4 increasing westerly force 5, with possibly stronger winds for Sunday. ItContinue reading “A forecast of stronger winds”

The next morning l took Peter in my dinghy down to St Mawes for us both to get some shopping. In the co-op at the checkout Peter remarked about what l had bought, it did look a bit funny, 4 pints of milk, 4 cans of draft Stout and a tub of crisps. The milkContinue reading “Building bridges”

With the forecast of little or no wind forecast Monday, l had decided to go for another walk on the Roseland. After breakfast, l motored the dinghy over to the corner bank of the river to where l knew there was a way up to the Nat Trust footpath. This is a great area forContinue reading “More walking”