Category Archives: Sailing a Sadler yacht

The weather forecast was for summer weather this coming week, not that any of the forecasting had been very accurate this season! Anyway, we planned a few more days aboard. Vicki had an appointment at 1215hrs, so we couldn’t leave until after that but the tide would be out until 1300hrs. We were going toContinue reading “A few more days aboard”

With a few days aboard planned l needed to top up the diesel and water tanks. We would have gone today but Vicki had an appointment on Monday. I couldn’t get aboard until midday because of the tide time. I launched the dinghy at 1200hrs then carried the 50lts of water in 2 cans andContinue reading “Sunday 15th September”

It had been Wednesday when we last left Elektra on her gale proof mooring before the forecasted bad weather. Now on Saturday l had to move her back onto her seasonal mooring before she would become neeped, it was an early tide so l was down at St Anthony beach at first light and launchedContinue reading “After the wind and rain”

The forecast for the coming few days and over the weekend was poor, with the centre of a Low being in Biscay we would have easterly winds and rain. So we planned to head home before hand. The tide wouldn’t be high enough to get into Carne mooring until 1700hrs, so we went to StContinue reading “Day 12, Precuil River to Carne gale proof mooring”

Over night as predicted the swell calmed down and we both slept well. There wasn’t any real hurry to get away as the tidal stream wouldn’t be running our way until 1040hrs, l pulled up the anchor at 1000hrs and we headed south across Mevagissey Bay towards Chapel Point on just Elektra’s genoa, on theContinue reading “Day 11, Polgwyn Cove to Precuil River”

We cast off in the Yealm River at 0820hrs the tidal stream would be with us between 0915-1515hrs, l wasn’t expecting much wind to sail by, so thought we would be motoring west. We had motored out to south of the Mew Stone 0850hrs, with almost no wind we continued to motor on in aboutContinue reading “Day 10, The Yealm River to Polgwyn Cove”

Vicki and me have always liked the Yealm River, in the past we would always be looking to get there for a night or two normally during a week’s holiday in September. With our last yacht, only missed the 2012 season between 2006-2016. With Elektra we came again in 2017 and 2018 but not inContinue reading “3 nights in the Yealm River”

I pulled up the anchor at 0830hrs and Vicki motored Elektra back down River towards the sea, while l cleaned the anchor which had pulled up a lot of weed. By the time l got back to the cockpit Elektra was south as far as the Bag Pontoon. I took over the helm until weContinue reading “Day 7, Salcombe to River Yealm.”

We had arrived in Salcombe midday on Monday, in the afternoon we were both just happy to rest, l lowered the dinghy and fitted the engine. On Tuesday we went to Salcombe Town over high water, first we needed a supermarket for shopping, with Vicki not able to walk far l motored the dinghy downContinue reading “A week in Salcombe at anchor”

The wind had died down overnight and the new forecast was west then southwest force 4. Our original plan had been to go to Dartmouth but a sailing friend had told me it was Dartmouth week, would be packed out, so we altered plans to Salcombe. The tide was with us us from 0800hrs butContinue reading “Day 3, Cawsands to Salcombe”