Category Archives: Sailing a Sadler yacht

With the chance of another week aboard, the weather forecast apps just couldn’t make up their mind, each day on the run up to going away they kept changing their minds! It’s times like this, that you just can’t trust the forecast for more than one day at a time 😕 This all makes planningContinue reading “Unsettled weather continues”

Sunday’s forecast had changed to suitable sailing weather southwest force4-5. So l went out again on my own. I dropped Elektra’s mooring at 1230hrs motored her out between Car Crock and the Dennis Head and set her genoa, very quickly Elektra sped off east towards the Nare Point, rounding the Nare about 10mins later, lContinue reading “Sunday, extra day sailing”

Looked like we could go sailing on Friday but would have to return later on Saturday as Sunday was looking wet! The forecast for Friday was southeast force 4-5, we thought we would have a lovely sail across Falmouth Bay, there was meant to be a southerly vearing south-westerly blow during the night into Saturday.Continue reading “Weekend sailing”

Ever since we had returned from holiday in Scilly there had lots of very windy weather with some rain. Fitting in cruising around it has proved difficult. Seems l have the time this season but don’t seem to have the weather. With free time l like to go sailing, Vicki dosen’t much like day sailing.Continue reading “A day sail”

Saturday the forecast was for lighter winds with more stronger winds in the following days. We decided to go home while we could. The forecast was Westerly force 4 gusting 5. There wasn’t any hurry to get back as we wouldn’t be able to get into St Anthony until evening so l pulled up herContinue reading “Time to head home.”

On Saturday the rain had gone but the wind had increased! Gusting 35-40kts but nice and sunny out of the wind it was hot. So we removed the cockpit enclosure in the morning after it had dried out. Lazing in the cockpit seemed the order of the day. I had one chore and that wasContinue reading “It’s windy, You got to love sailing!”

Friday was wet and very windy, we had put up Elektra’s cockpit enclosure the evening before, so we were dry. Many other yachts had joined us in Channals Creek the evening before and during the morning before the wind picked up. “Anchoring is a spectacular sport” I am always interested to see which type anchorContinue reading “Wind and rain ⛈”

After doing more work, l had another opportunity for 2 weeks of sailing but the weather had changed for the worse. The forecast was showing endless blows following each other for the next fortnight. We decided to go aboard on Thursday and sail north to Channals Creek in the Fal River. We got aboard inContinue reading “Next free time for sailing”

After 4 weeks without any rain, it looked good for a fortnight’s holiday out to Scilly. Fortnight’s! I can’t believe l am actually saying it, fortnight there l said it again! With my job, as much as l liked, it came with the tie of always getting back to work after only a week. SoContinue reading “Scilly holiday”

With the coming of the bank holiday weekend, Vicki would be away with her family and l was going to get on with boat jobs. As it turned out it wasn’t any good for sailing as now strong east winds were dominating the forecast. As you know by now if you read my blog, Elektra’sContinue reading “A spare week at home for jobs”