Sunday 9th June There was no hurry to get back to Gillan as the tide wasn’t going to be high enough to get in until 1900hrs, just as well after a busy week at work we both slept in until 1030hrs! Its only when aboard I can truly relax, if we stay home there is always workContinue reading “Which way is the is the wind blowing now?”
Category Archives: Sailing a Sadler yacht
Interesting June weather
Saturday 8th June On Thursday evening I moved Elektra up Carne Creek because of forecasted strong northeast wind. On Saturday before work I moved her back to her mooring. After a wet week at work on Saturday I still needed to do some s-trimming but my brush-cutter had been playing up, I had taken itContinue reading “Interesting June weather”
Little or no wind!
Saturday 1st June After a hard week catching up with work after taking bank holiday Monday off, the earliest we could get out to Elektra again was Saturday. The tide was falling and we needed to leave St Anthony beach before 0830hrs, so we decided on breakfast aboard. Today was the start of the AZABContinue reading “Little or no wind!”
Fowey to Gillan
Monday 27th May After a lovely weekend in Fowey talking with all the other Sadler and Starlight owners and crew it was time to leave and get back to work. A few had left on Sunday but the headwind looked less for us on Monday. The forecast was for the northwest force 4 to pick up and backing toContinue reading “Fowey to Gillan”
Gillan to Fowey
Friday 24th May This weekend was the annual SSOA Fowey Rally and 15 Sadler and Starlight yachts were expected to turn up. As we don’t like getting up early we stayed aboard on Thursday night to get away for the tide stream at 0800hrs. We cast off the mooring at 0830hrs and motored out into Falmouth BayContinue reading “Gillan to Fowey”
Channels Creek to Gillan
Sunday 19th May The forecast was north-northwest 4-5 for our sail back to Gillan. We lifted our anchor at 1500hrs and set just the genoa to sail south down the Carrick Roads, the wind was due north and Elektra was logging 4-5 knots SOG into the 3rd hour of the incoming spring tide. It was lovelyContinue reading “Channels Creek to Gillan”
Never say never
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”
Gillan to Channels Creek on the Fal River
Friday 17th May After a morning of changing the battery wiring (I had bought new batteries from ebay, like a fool wrong polls) because the wire were to short. And then putting the yacht back together and re-stowing the gear it was 1200hrs when I got home. Vicki put some lunch on and I started onContinue reading “Gillan to Channels Creek on the Fal River”
Polkerris to Gillan
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”
Polgwyn Cove to Polkerris
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”
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