Category Archives: Sailing a Sadler yacht

Tuesday 11th August After another day of R&R at anchor in Gillan I had to get home for work on Wednesday which meant leaving Elektra on her mooring by 1400hrs. Home for showers, I was soon out the door and off to work to save time tomorrow. Wednesday 12th August Work, the joys of beingContinue reading “I had to work on Wednesday!”

Monday 10th August It was time to head back, the forecast was for NNW force 4 today but dropping very little wind on Tuesday. The tide wasnt with us until 1330hrs so there was no hurry to get going so after a lazy brunch we lifted our anchor at 1310hrs and motored out of theContinue reading “Time to head back”

Vicki and I love sailing but rest aboard is every much part of our yachting as the sailing its self, its the only time we take away from work to sit in the sun. The weather was great and while Vicki sat in the sun I rowed the punt ashore and walked along the coastalContinue reading “Sunday, first rest day”

I had been extra busy at work though the winter and when the lockdown had started for Covid 19 in the UK on the 23rd March I was just coming into my normally busy time at work. As my job cant wait I got on to my MP and was told I could continue toContinue reading “First holiday since Christmas”

Saturday was a better day and the dinghy went into the water to take some photos, as Nigel Stokes was also anchored near by in his Sadler 26 “September Sky”, I rowed over to say hello. Nigel base has been Exmouth but he was moving her via Lands End to her new base in theContinue reading “The Precuil River”

Friday 31st July Getting out aboard by lunch time the forecast wasnt looking very good but sutch are the British summers! We dropped the mooring at 1430hrs and sailed off into the gloom with only Elektra’s genoa set with a southwest force 4 pushing us along at 4-4.5kts. The fog was think at first butContinue reading “Another weekend aboard”

Back at the end of the 2018 season we decided to get some quotes for a cockpit encloser, to say the quotes varried would not be telling the whole story, the cheapest was less than half the cost of the dearest. In fact the deposit for the dearest was more than the total cost ofContinue reading “New Cockpit Encloser”

After a day at anchor doing some maintance, cleaning more teak and sealing. Sunday 19th July With a forecast of Northerly force 4-5, at least the trees seemed to be blowing about a bit today, the plan was to go for a sail and get back to St Anthony for just after high water (1716hrs)Continue reading “A great sailing day”

Friday 17th July With jobs to do in the morning it was 1400hrs before we could get aboard, the plan with the forecasted NW/W4-5 to have a good long sail to Mevagissey area and find a nice anchorage. Dropping mooring at 1440hrs the wind seemed good but the wind wasnt as forecasted, only about W3,Continue reading “Gillan to Mevagissey area was the plan”

Sunday 12th July With light winds forecasted for Sunday we knew the best sailing would be in the Carrick Roads. Motoring out of Channels Creek into a southly force 3 at 1200hrs pulling up the main and setting the sails, our first tack took us from Pill Creek across the Roads before tacking again acrossContinue reading “Slow sail home”