Category Archives: Sailing a Sadler yacht

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.”

I alway had a pick-up or trailer to get my punt to the sea, but having become an OAP, I put my pick-up on the market and it sold within the week, for a nice amount. But this had left me without any transport for the dinghy to the water, but we live within walkingContinue reading “Launching trolly to the water!”

When I was working full time, April and May were my busiest months of the year and so I always got our yacht ready for the coming season before the end of March because, if I didn’t I woudn’t have the time to do the work needed before June. Quite often our yacht would beContinue reading “Different Plans this Season”