Category Archives: Sailing a Sadler yacht

After the day scrubbing and cleaning Elektra’s bottom. I had looked at the forecast and decided to head back home a bit. They were giving west or northwest force 5 for today and northerly force 4 tomorrow with little to no wind for the weekend and strong east winds for Monday, followed by a weekContinue reading “Good sailing back home.”

Being in Place, l thought l could give Elektra a bottom scrub. But when l awoke Elektra was aground, down at the bow and lying to starboard. It was obvious where she was at anchor was too soft ground. So once she re-floated l would move her to solid ground. I could see the harderContinue reading “Time for a bottom scrub.”

Looking at the forecast l decided to move from Channels Creek to Place. On Wednesday the forecast said strong westerly wind and rain, Channels Creek would have been OK but Place would be a lot better. By the time l thought l would move it was really to late to do so before low water,Continue reading “Are you going my way?”

Sorry, l always think in old measures! Elektra burns 2lts of diesel per hour, she can cover 5nm per hour, so dose about 11nm per gallon! If you had a car and it could only do 11 miles per gallon, you would sell and buy something else! But Elektra is a home really, she’s 3.5tonContinue reading “Elektra dose about 11.25nm per gallon!”

With the forecast of northerly force 4-5 decreasing to force 4. I thought ideal weather to head back west. From here in Talland Bay the direction was more west-southwest. And so the northerly wind would make it a broad reach. The wind seemed very strong when I first tried to pull up Elektra’s anchor, lContinue reading “Heading back west.”

I had been stopped 3 nights in Fowey this season, their visitor mooring charge this year for Elektra £26.46 per night, which l think is expensive. I understand that the water taxi is £3.50 each way. Makes Fowey a very expensive stop! I am always on the lookout for free anchorage near by ports toContinue reading “Looking for anchorages”

I had gone home on Sunday, l had some washing which needed doing and some phone calls to make and arrange appointments. I needed diesel and to refill the water tank, all of which l could have done in just one day. But with east winds forecast, they made getting back aboard difficult. And soContinue reading “I can’t keep away from Elektra!”

My sleep pattern has gone wrong! Having gone to bed early, l was hoping to sleep better, but l woke at 1130hrs and was awake until 0300hrs. Then l slept until 0940hrs! By the time l finished breakfast it was 1120hrs, this was crazy it was messing up the days! I was lazy today, neverContinue reading “Sleep pattern?”

We bought Elektra (our Sadler 29 which was built in 1984) in November 2016, her sails had been replaced in 2003 by Jeckels, so were 13 years old. I knew in time they would need to be replaced again but there were other jobs which needed doing first. We had ordered a new stack packContinue reading “Crusader Sails”