Category Archives: Sailing a Sadler yacht

Saturday 18th May We like to anchor as much as possible, apart from most of the time we are anchoring for free, we also like finding new out of way places. Over the years we have spent over 250 nights on our anchor, our last yacht had a Danforth which seemed to hold very wellContinue reading “Never say never”

Sunday 5th May With a forecast of variable 1-3 the passage back to Gillan wasn’t looking that good. The plan was to leave at 1100hrs and we would have been on time if only we could have broken the anchor out easier, it turned out to be very good holding, a sort of clay/sand. After motoringContinue reading “Polkerris to Gillan”

Saturday 4th May   After a lovely sheltered night at anchor and a lazy breakfast, the wind had swung into the east and small white horses had started to roll into the cove, the cove had started to get lumpy. Now nearing low water I checked the sounder which said we only had 1m underContinue reading “Polgwyn Cove to Polkerris”

Friday 3rd May Now with time to go sailing again the plan was to sail to Gorran Haven and the following day to Polkerris in St Austell Bay. We were on Elektra stowing the gear and stores ready for the passage when Dave and Sue arrived and said they were also heading our way for theContinue reading “Gillan to Polgwyn Cove”

I wanted to go for a walk so after coffee but before food I climbed into the dinghy and rowed ashore leaving the petrol gen running to charge the phone and the batteries. I walk though the woods and fields to Place and back was lovely, blue bells lined the path most of the way andContinue reading “Easter Sunday”

After a lie in and a cooked breakfast it was to start on some more jobs, refitting the blinds was interesting, I think we worked out how to do after a few tries! Just need to remember how to fit again next time. Then came the washing up but we had forgotten the washing up sponge andContinue reading “Saturday 20th April”

It was Good Friday, it was spring tides and as always with the first night aboard we had loads of gear, bedding and food to get aboard. The morning tide was going to be to early for us to get sorted before the tide would be gone so we decided to leave on the evening tide.Continue reading “Easter, 1st chance of a sail”

Back at the end of last season, we had two local companies quote for a new cockpit encloser and spray hood, one was a one man band and the other a big company. Both had been recommend but one was more than half of the other quote of the other, so we ordered from the cheaper of theContinue reading “Pattern new spray hood”

Two days after anti-fouling, at 1000hrs I left St Anthony in the dinghy, soon after arriving at Elektra the tide was gone and I spent the day marooned aboard in the middle of a muddy creek getting her ready to go sailing again. The first job was to bend on her sails again, its a slow job toContinue reading “Refitting the sails and dodgers”