Category Archives: Sailing a Sadler yacht

The idea of anchoring in the Truro River had worked well except looking at the Sunday bus times, didn’t look good so, by Saturday l had decided to head back after visiting Vicki.  South out of the Truro River, down the Carrick Roads and onto the Precuil River for one night. Then get back toContinue reading “Sunday buses”

It had been a suggestion of Patti, Vicki’s daughter to use Elektra to stay abroad near Truro to save the 2hrs driving and 65 miles round trip to Truro hospital every day. This got me thinking and l did my homework to find out where best to anchor for best access to Truro. My cheapestContinue reading “Aboard for a week to save money!”

Vicki had been reamitted to hospital yesterday, and I had been there well into the evening, so when Patti, Vicki’s daughter had offered to give me a day off visiting duties, I thanked her. I had spent the morning getting some washing done and going out to the builders suppliers for some sealent. Once IContinue reading “Day sail”

Soon after arrival back home after our few days aboard, Vicki was rushed to hospital for a emergency operation and has been in hospital ever since. This has stopped all of our sailing plans dead. Elektra has been left at anchor, but l am arranging a seasonal swing mooring for her, l am hoping toContinue reading “Sailing on hold”

On Friday 24th of April, after a four days of strong east winds, l had decided we needed to get aboard and move Elektra over the channel, so as to let us escape from Carne Creek before she would be neeped. We packed up all we needed for our first few days aboard and wereContinue reading “Some days aboard, to find out what we have forgotten.”

The day following loading Elektra’s sailing gear looked good for a day sail. The forecast saying almost no wind picking up to easterly force 3, there was a strong wind warning out of easterly force 6-7 for the following 5 days. Normally we would have gone aboard and gone over to the Precuil River beforeContinue reading “First sailing of 2026”

I needed to get to Elektra’s winter mooring by 0600hrs, so l was up early. Having driven down to Carne, l climbed into the dinghy and pushed off, the momentum was enough to get me out to Elektra without having to sit down and row. At Elektra, climbed aboard at the tied the dinghy amidships,Continue reading “Always a long day!”

The evening 18th April l drove down to St Anthony, and l motored the dinghy up the creek to her and eased the bow lines and pulled her out of her winter berth into deeper water, down the side of the creek bank. Because of my the high pressure, 1026, it had pushed high tideContinue reading “Moving Elektra into deeper water.”