Love Sailing

After arrival in Cawsands, dropping anchor, we went about our jobs, the cockpit enclosure needed put back up. Once that was done, Vicki went down to make a hot chocolate. It was discovered by Vicki that we had run out of water. The tap was on, and the pump was running, but no water was coming out. I switched the pump off on the main switchboard. Here we were just come from a port where water was readily available to an anchorage where it wasn’t and now discover no drinking water. What’s more, we didn’t have any receptacle to carry water in! When we were in Scilly, l had a 25lt can in the in the hanging locker, but with the fire, it got removed with all the rest of the gear and wasn’t now aboard.

We talked as to what to do, Vicki could drink milk and l coke, but we wouldn’t be doing any washing. A nice-looking Sadler 29 had just arrived and dropped anchor near us, so l took the kettle over and said hi! Invited aboard. l asked if James could fill my kettle, and we sat and talked a while about our 29s. Eventually, l returned to Elektra, where Vicki had gone for a sleep in the bunk.

With the rain forecast tonight, l thought if l put the washing up bowl under the back of the cockpit enclosure, we could collect some some rainwater. This ploy was very successful, and by morning, the washing up bowl was half full of rainwater. But the lack of any amount of rain over the next night, meant we had to get some from ashore.

I rowed ashore in the dinghy and after asking for water was directed to The Spar Shop, there I found 2lt bottles of water in the cooler. I asked the shop keeper, how many was in a pack, and they were packed in 8s. So I bought a pack for about £10 and then lugged it back to the punt, and then rowed back to Elektra.

Once we get to Fowey on Friday we will be able to get water and fill up her tank.

Once back from our showers and Vicki was aboard, l removed the outboard from the dinghy onto the pushpit and then attached the davit lines before climbing aboard myself. I then  pulled the dinghy up onto the davits. Removed the cockpit enclosure and stowed below. I started the engine and switched on the instrument. I was quite expecting it to be quite nasty out  in Wembury Bay after the winds from the last 2 days. The wind was meant to die off to a southwest force 4, but l still thought it was going to be nasty getting out.

When we were ready, l went up on the bow to drop the mooring, and Vicki untied the tiller. Vicki motored Elektra out through the mooring until we turned towards the red can buoys marking the end of the bar. I then pointed out the 2 swimmers, which Vicki couldn’t see because she wasn’t wearing her glasses. So l took the helm from there. And l motored Elektra out between the swimmers to the red can buoys and out around the end of the bar. They ahead of us was the 23-foot yacht, which l had seen leaving about 10 minutes before us. Also coming in was a motor launch, so l moved to starboard to give him a chance to line up on the leading transit.

The chart plotter on the chart table was bleeping because of the incoming motor launch AIS. So l gave Vicki the helm again so l could turn the alarm off.

I got back into the cockpit and zoomed the chart plotter out so we could see the outer way point. But Vicki couldn’t see because she didn’t have her grasses, so l took the helm again. I think I would say  Wembury Bay was rough but not as rough as l was expecting. We caught up and passed the 23 foot yacht and carried on towards our wat point off the Mew Stone. From there, l turned Elektra west towards Rame Head, still motoring. Once west of the Mew Stone, we could sail to Cawsands.

To start with, l only let out about half the genoa, but it soon proved not enough! So l let it all out. Out from Plymouth East Entrance came a tall ship under power (no sails) for a little while we were on a collision course. But l think that the ship could see we were heading for Cawsands and altered to pass us port to port (not exactly correct), but we would be close on the wind to Cawsands and l didn’t want to pass her to starboard.

After that, l altered the sail a bit, and Elektra picked up speed, logging 5kts SOG towards Cawsands. About halfway across, l stood  up to see Cawsands better. Then l could see a tug towing an RN ship out to sea. They were passing across our bow. We were still south of  Plymouth breakwater. It was then l noticed an RN ship north of the breakwater heading for sea. We would be crossing her bow! At the time, we were logging 5kts+, and l didn’t want to slow for her to pass in front of us! Before she turned south out of Plymouth, we had crossed her bow into Cawsands. Even then, it’s a little unnerving seeing her turned to port while Elektra was still in front of her! But she continued turning to port and passed behind us as we sailed into Cawsands.

We motored into Cawsands 1.5 hours after leaving the Yealm River mooring, having logged 7.5nm.

We arrived in the Yealm River on Friday, 5th September, and now it was Friday 12th. There had been almost end to end gales since Sunday. We knew this would be the case as a week ago, as the forecast was bad, but we had accepted that we would get stuck somewhere. But now, a week later, the forecast was still bad! With no signs of much calmer weather for another week.

We could get out of the Yealm River overnight Saturday, and Tuesday looked a little calmer, but where would we go for the next gale was the question? So now the next escape was looking like Thursday, 17th.

As l said, today was Friday and was looking like a nice day for a walk. It was a windy but sunny day. Vicki and I went for showers in the morning, and l paid for another 3 nights’ moorings in the Yealm River. After we got back later, l spread the towels around the cockpit enclosure to dry. Then, I went for a walk to Wembury.

It was a lovely walk, but l didn’t go down into Wembury as l knew l had to climb back up the way l came to go back to the Yealm. So, walking back the way l came, l got some more photos

Once back, we settled down for another evening aboard, Vicki cooked dinner, and after we had eaten, we played Scrabble and opened a bottle of red. Later in the evening, the wind got up. It was knocking Elektra onto her side so much so that we had to hold on to our glass of wine and even hook back the cutlery draw to stop it sliding out! We went to bed during this and woke up to a more settled day.

We went food shopping and a pub lunch at the Dolphin Inn, now Saturday. We have now had a chance to try all the Yealm River pubs and YYC for food. If we go again, it will either be the Dolphin or the Swan, both had good food and reasonable prices. The Ship Inn is living on past repetition and is overpriced for not especially great food. We went to the Yealm YC last Saturday evening, a little bit of food on a big plate, and after 2 courses, we were both still hungry.

The dinghy run out from the Dolphin Inn to the HM office was wet with spay due to wind against tide. We were glad once we were into the sheltered waters of the main river. Once back aboard, we sat and slept in the cockpit until evening. Then, as the night came in, we opened a bottle of red and sat Vicki playing games on her table and me catching up on CA emails.

After a quiet night and a good night’s sleep, the forecast for Sunday was for the wind to pick up southeast/south and then southwest 25 gusting 40kts with heavy rain. The outlook for Monday was westerly 25 gusting 30kts with the rain to clear by late afternoon. So l walked up to the co-op while it was still dry to get some shopping before the rain set in! I just made it back before the heavy rain started. Once back, Vicki started cooking brunch, and after we had eaten, l did the washing up. It’s exciting this cruising life!

What followed that day can only be described as horrendous as the southerly wind dumped into the river and turned the calm moorings into something resembling rapids! We haven’t moored anywhere in such conditions before. Most of the time, Elektra was lying over at 20 degrees heal, and at one point, l was fending off the Westerly Storm 33 yacht on the next mooring as she came in to attack!

The forecast was for the wind to move into the west, but this didn’t seem to happen until just before dark. Our dinghy had spent quite a bit of time upside down with the engine on, but l couldn’t do anything about it in the conditions. It was just too unsafe to try to get into the dinghy, to save it!

The wind did finally move around to the west just before dark, and we had a quieter night, excluding the banging noise from the mooring buoy. We didn’t get out of the bunk until 0830hrs. The harbour master to see if we were OK and l paid for another night. I asked if he knew anyone who could strip down and clean out our outboard after it was upside down a few times yesterday. They gave me a name and number, but it was too short a notice,

So l decided to have a go myself, Vicki helped me get it into the cockpit. I wasn’t exactly quick, but l was, but I took my time and did it right. Even then, l wasn’t 100% sure my efforts would work. Eventually, l had put the motor back together, ready for trying. So l rowed the dinghy over to the shore and tipped the rainwater out, then back to Elektra, and Vicki helped me get the motor back into the dinghy. Safely clamped on the back, now came the moment of truth. I attached the kill cord, opened the fuel tap, and air vent. Then, l pulled the recoil 4 times, and it fired, l pulled once more, and the engine was running, l fiddled with the choke to keep it running until l was happy. Then l let go of Elektra and put in gear. There was a bit more fiddling to do with the choke as the dinghy moved forward, but the engine was running fine, so l gave it a blast for 200 yards and back,  the engine was running fine. Back to Elektra and stopped the engine, picking up the rubbish, l then did a run over to the HM office to bin our rubbish, both trips the engine started and ran fine.

On Tuesday, we decided to leave the Yealm River before the next lot of strong southwest winds came in. The wind was due calm down to a southwest force 4 in the afternoon. So l did some shopping early, and Vicki cooked brunch, and then we washed up before going for showers.

On Sunday evening, after we moved from the rally pontoon to a swing mooring, we were much happier. Apart from the feeling of being at anchor, here I also had a mobile signal. I was able to catch up on my online stuff and update my blog.

We knew before we left Gillan that we were going to get stuck somewhere, even back then, the forecast was showing strong southwest winds. We could have gotten out of the Yealm River, but we would have to shelter somewhere else, and the Yealm has everything we need, shops, pubs for meals out, plenty walking for exercise. We had always liked the Yealm River but never had the time before to explore very well. This week, we would get of chance.

Monday was a lovely day, and l kept myself busy with a run ashore with rubbish and then along the road to the co-op for shopping. Once back aboard, Vicki had cooked brunch, and after washing up, we went ashore for showers. I hadn’t ever seen the tide, so low. Only the outside of the pontoon was still floating, and we could only land upstream of the pontoon because the downstream side was just mud.

After our showers, l when for a walk on the path towards Wembury, l didn’t walk all the way but had a nice walk anyway

In the evening we went to a pub meal at the Ship Inn. This used to be our favourite Yealm River pub, but having changed hands, the Ship Inn isn’t as good as it used to be. But the Swan Inn wasn’t doing food on Monday.

Tuesday came in wet and windy, nether of us left Elektra all day

Wednesday started much the same, but we needed more shopping, so l went ashore for a walk and then to get shopping, the rain stopped and the sun came out for a bit, but I hadn’t been back aboard very long before another heavy shower came though. But in the evening it came nice again so we went for a pub meal at the Swan Inn.

Safe is one thing, but comfortable is another. During the night, the wind was howling into the Yealm, the mooring pick-up chain was grinding away on the bow roller, and the standing rigging was vibrating. It kept me and Vicki awake, and in the morning early, l was out padding to bow roller. When the harbour master came along late in the morning, l asked him if there was a more sheltered swing mooring available. He said, l expect so, and he came back later to tell us where. So we moved from the mooring we were on 25kts to  a more sheltered 8kts, almost wouldn’t know it was windy.

The forecast wasn’t showing much calm weather for another week, we didn’t have to leave, but we needed to get to Fowey by the evening of Friday 19th September for the CA rally which l had organised. This day, being the 11th, we had time on our side.

Thursday wasn’t a bad day, some nice hot sunshine with a few thundery downpours. Each time we thought of leaving Elektra for a walk or to go for showers, the heavens would open, and maybe we won’t bother.

On Friday, a week after we first arrived in the Yealm River, it started sunny.

To be continued……

When we arrived in the Yealm River on Friday, there were already 2x Starlight 36s and a Sadler 35 moored to the pontoon. There were plenty of folk to take our lines. Thank you, Suzie and Sally.

It was long before we were invited on to yachts for a drink because they wanted to know about Elektra’s fire. By now, the story had been all across the SSOA Facebook group page, and they were keen to know the details. These days, l was quite happy to chat about it.

Later in the evening, the beers came out for a pontoon party, and later still after eating, we went aboard Cornish Gold for chat and more drink. It was decided, and then a good walk the following morning would be good. We returned to our own boats before too late and did our own things until we went to bed.

Next morning, l was out at 8am and made coffee. Then, l lowered the dinghy into the water and attached the outboard. I then went ashore to the co-op for shopping, and once back, it was nearly time to go on our walk. I hadn’t eaten, but really, l wasn’t bothered. We set off ashore in 3 dinghies, Vicki and Suzie didn’t come.

We headed for Kilpatrick Steps and the Carage walk around Yealm Head. We fiddled around, tying on the dinghies and attaching the line to the steps railing. By which time, David had a head start, but David had gone ahead because he knew he would struggle walking up hill, with his lung problems. It  wasn’t long before we had caught David up, and it was obvious that he was struggling, even if he was determined to do it. My ex farther in law only had one lung, and l leart then that l needed to walk at his pace and not rush on ahead. So l walked most of the way with David. It wasn’t a race.

It was a lovely walk which I had done before in not very good weather, and it was nice to do it again in better weather.

A last little climb up a track away from the cliff path was tough on David, but with a rest or two, he made it, and from there was level or downhill. I stopped walking part way down the path and looked at the weather on my phone app. Vodafone wasn’t a great signal in the Yealm River, l had just changed my provider from EE. Vicki had EE and full service, but Vodafone had no signal at all. I thought great. Here l am away from home with a Cruising Association Rally to finalise in Fowey in just 2 weeks time, and l had no signal!

We went to the Swan Inn for a drink and some food, a bit more chat. I thought l should look to see how far the water was from the Voss(a concrete path across the creek bottom) when l looked there was about 4ins before it would be covered. Which l reported back, now or walk around! It didn’t take David long to get up and start heading for the door. We all made it across it time just!

Then there was just a walk along a level road back to the dinghies

Once l got back, we needed to get some washing up done, Vicki was wondering where we were, and l said had told her it was 1.5hr walk but l think we might have taken twice as long and then stopped for a drink/food. It  wasn’t long before more drink was on offer, and after that, it was off to The Yealm Sailing Club for an evening meal. After a lovely meal, we were invited on Cornish Gold for more drinks, but Vicki and I decided to retire to Elektra for a rest.

The next morning, after a good night’s sleep, the others were all going to leave. The forecast wasn’t good. There had been a southeast blow yesterday. The forecast for Sunday was southeast force 4-5 going south 5-7 and then southwest 4-5. The Yealm River entrance is open to southwestly winds, and the pilot book suggests not attempting entry in such conditions. In the end, they all decided to wait until the end of the day. So after the stronger winds had passed, they all made their getaway.

The harbour master came again for more dues, and l asked for a swing mooring, and after a radio call to the office, he said we could use A114 down by the other pontoon. So we also left the pontoon and picked up a swing mooring and what a difference that made to my mobile signal,at last I could use my new phone again. I spent the rest of the afternoon updating everything online. We knew before we set off from Gillan that we would get stuck in the Yealm for a week, but both Vicki and I love the Yealm River, so it’s no hardship.

On Friday 5th September, we had a forecast of west/southwest/south force 2-3. I was quite expected to have to motor to the Yealm River, but once out of Fowey, the engine got turned off, and we were sailing under full sail. We had dropped the mooring at 1030hrs, motored south back out the river, and set sail at the entrance to Fowey. Our friend Kevin Mitchell was just ahead of us in his Sadler 26, and as we sailed passed l took some photos. Sadler 29s might only be 3 feet longer, but they almost carry twice as much sail area, so we sailed past quite quickly. Kevin was on passage for Salcombe, and l think he got there about 1930hrs.

This really was an excellent sailing day, and we were logging 4-5kts most of the time, we got to the Mew Stone way point off the Yealm River at 1515hrs, having logged 23nm. Then l rolled away the genoa, and we sailed into the Yealm entrance before motoring in around the bar. I lowered the mainsail in the entrance between the moorings and the bar. Before turning and heading in, we moored to the top pontoon at 1600hrs.

On the pontoon, there were 2 Starlight 36s and a Sadler 35. This was all who were coming. Everyone else had chickened out because of the forecast for the coming week!

Ever since starting cruising 20 years, we have always been limited by time. Because of my job, l could only take a week long holiday at a time, and after 3 days heading in one direction, we needed to turn around and think about heading back. As such, our sailing was limited to about 150nm of coastline between Torquay in the east and The Isles of Scilly to the West.

Yesterday, we completed 10,000nm on that short piece of coastline without doing any major crossing apart from out and back from Scilly nine times, and our 2 day delivery passage from Poole to Helford back in March 2017. It almost seems silly to have done so many miles on such a short piece of coastline. But we have done just that!

We had planned Ireland this season, but Vicki needed medical treatment in June, so that idea got cancelled. So this season, we managed to get past Dartmouth and north around Berry Head to Torquay for our first visit. But it’s really still only sailing the same 150 miles of coastline.

We had been home for about 10 days, l had some work to do, and also some Cruising Association work to get on with, amongst other things. We arrived home from up country about 8 pm with more CA stuff to get on with that evening. The following morning, l had to go to the doctors to pick up prescriptions before coming home and packing up before going to Elektra. We had hoped to sail 40nm east to Cawsands. But time slipped by, and having stowed the gear are stores, we didn’t cast off until 1120hrs.

The forecast was west-northwest force 4  gusting 5. We were hoping for a good fast sail to Cawsands. But the weather had other ideas. The wind was west-southwest, up and down like a yoyo between force 3 and force 6. I was working hard, reefing in and then shaking the reef out and then reefing again, and so on! Vicki had disappeared below with the companion way hatch shut because of the heavy showers! It was the first time l had worn full waterproofs all this season. We only sailed on Elektra genoa, but still covered the 25nm in 5 hours.

I was talking with my friend Geoff, who also owns a Sadler 29, l  said they are tender, but he disagreed and said they have a sporty rig! You certainly do not need a lot of sail to maintain a good speed. Elektra will do 3kts through the water with 6kts of wind.

Having a yacht, which is slippery like S29s, are, means they get overpowered very quickly, so quite often, it’s safer to just sail on her genoa. I certainly wouldn’t of wanted her mainsail in today’s conditions. As time went on, l decided to divert to Fowey and sail on to the Yealm tomorrow.

Since l first owned boats back in 1972, l had aways insured them. I had owned 5 small boats between 1972-1988, then l went away from the sea, had a small holding until 2000, then played golf. I came back to the sea again in 2004 with my 2nd wife, we were looking for something we could enjoy together. We bought a little day sailer called “Acorn” in 2004, which we sailed for 18 months, before buying our Hurley 22 “Gala” which we cruised for the next 11 seasons.

At the end of 2016 we bought Elektra and Gala came out of the water at the end of the year and was put on the market. And she sold in July the following year.

By 2025 l had owned and insured 8 boats/yachts over 37 years and never made a claim. I had always insured via and insurance brokers in Penzance, each year the premium would go up. In 2025 we had planned extended cruising and so increased her cruising area. The insurance then wanted a full out of the water survey which cost £500, the survey came up with other jobs which needed to be done £1000.

In 2019 we had got an agreed value insurance at £22k, better but no way reflects the amount of money l had spent updating her, she was worth far more to me than her insurance value.

When l was fighting the fire aboard, l was doing everything in my power to save Elektra, it was only when the extinguishers were empty and l didn’t think the fire was out, that l thought we might lose her and abandoning her was more a fear of explosion than wanting to leave. Once we were picked up by the Lizard lifeboat and l knew we were both safe, my concern returned to Elektra! But one of the crew said we were the important ones.

So after the fire, l hadn’t any idea what the process of claiming on my insurance would involve. So on Monday 14th, l contacted my insurance broker because the insurance claim had to go through Sandra the broker. The insurance form arrived in my inbox the same day. I looked at it in the evening after spending a long day dealing with Elektra and unloading gear. I hadn’t slept much in the past 48hrs. The first question was “do you consider yourself vulnerable?” Which l couldn’t understand why they were asking! The next question asked, “if not you who was in command” These questions kind of stopped me going any further on filling out the form for a while. But 2 days later I filled in in as good as the internet form would allow me to do.

But the insurance also wanted invoices and quotes for the work needed. Well ever since owning Elektra, l have found it difficult finding a reliable marine electrician, the company l had used in the winter never answered any of my emails (to date since fire). After the fire l had lots of offers of help from sailing friend’s, so when my friend Robert asked if there was anything he could do to help. I said yes please, could you contact your friend Bob Orchard(Marine electrician) in Falmouth and ask him if he could quote for Elektra’s rewiring work. I had tried a few times over the years, but never got Bob Orchard to do anything on Elektra. Robert got in contact with Bob who said he was winding up his company but could recommend Rupert Waters. I contacted Rupert around Wednesday, Thursday after the fire who was away at a family funeral in Scotland by email. Rupert had phoned me up from Scotland before the end of that same day, and he asked for photos. He emailed me later and said from the photos it looks doable. Rupert was coming back at the weekend.

Rupert pulled out all the stops! He visited Elektra on Monday morning (8 days after fire), had sent the quote by Tuesday, and I paid the deposit. Elektra was towed to Falmouth by my boat yard and put on a swing mooring on Wednesday. Rupert started on the rewiring on Thursday and worked through the weekend. And I then went over to Falmouth to motor Elektra back to her mooring in Gillan on Wednesday 30th after work had been completed. Rupert went off on holiday that same Wednesday afternoon. This work, I arranged and paid for without go ahead from the insurance, who seemed to be dragging their feet.

As more and more invoices came, I sent them over to the insurance via my broker. After Elektra arrived back in Gillan, there was more cleaning to do. The powder from the extinginshers was one mess, but under the powder there was also a sticky residue, so after vacuuming, I had to wash with hot soapy water all surfaces. The tides were dificult for getting Elektra into St Anthony beach for reloading, being neep tides meant going in one day and back out to mooring the following day and the weather wasn’t settled enough for that. So I decided to push off doing until the end of that week, so I could bring Elektra into the beach on the morning tide and out again in the evening. This gave me more time to get the cleaning done, and then there was the broken bow navagation light to replace. Sometime during this week the insurance sent a fire inspector, who questioned us at home and also aboard for 4-6hrs, he said he was normally sent in the day after the fire, not what was now 2.5 weeks later! I also had the engine checked over by my engingeer after the fire.

So it was the 8th of August when we reloaded Elektra and in the evening after floating off the beach, I took Elektra out for a sail in the mouth of Helford River, it had been an intence time but less than a month since Elektra’s fire, I was sailing her again!

The following day Vicki and I took Elektra on her 2nd shakedown cruise of the season, to find out if we had forgotten anything and find out how all the new switches worked. Apart from 2 stops and one night at home we stayed aboard until the 23rd.

From the insurance, I had their first offer on the 18th August, there was a deduction of 30% on all new parts (due to improvement), but all labour costs were covered. I was fairly happy with this but they seemed to have missed out the boatyard tow of Elektra from Gillan to Falmouth. So the next offer on the 19th included this. By which time I had remembered about the engine check up and the bow nav light. The insurance agreed the engine check but the nav light would need to be another claim. I didn’t claim on the light because the excess was more than the cost of the light. So the final offer came on the 21st August. Being that we were aboard, I didn’t have a printer, so needed to go home. So it was Sunday 24th of August when I downloaded completed and scanned the docs to send back to the insurance.

I expect, I am in the lucky position of being able to pay for the work needed, before getting the insurance money, but how many would be? That’s how this insurance works, you pay out for all the bills and the insurance refunds you, some of the costs later, well I got about 86% back. If I had to wait for the insurance to pay out the money, none of the work would have been started until the beginning of September at the earlest, and possibly the fire would have been the end of our sailing season. The insurance finally made the main payment on the 28th of August almost 7 weeks after the fire. There is still another job, which I am going to get done over the winter months, my engineer is going to remove the engine to replace 2 engine mounts damaged by the fire, once I have paid for this work the insurance will refund me most of the cost.

After Elektra was laid up on the 21st of October, my engineer came and moved her engine forward into the saloon, so I could get in better to fire proof the engine bay, my engineer the heat exchanger so he could do a repair on it. Before the end of the month the engine went back in place again having had it’s new engine mounts. My engineer sent his invoices on the 7th of November and I paid the same day. I sent the invoice for the engine mounts to my insurance the same day and on the 10th they sent me the final settlement offer, the 30% reduction on the new mounts (considered an improvement), but like before all labour was covered, so I got back 86% of total cost. Having sent back the paperwork to the insurance on the 11th they paid the settlement amouth the same day.

With Saturdays forecast showing no wind and easterly winds for Sunday. We decided to head back around the Lizard Point on Friday, the forecast was for North-Northwest force 2-3 increasing force 4 in evening

The tide wouldn’t be with us until 1515hrs, not wanting to get back after dark we planned to leave St Michael’s Mount between 1300-1400hrs. We were ready so we left at 1300hrs, l pulled the mainsail up and genoa out and l goose winged her for 1/2hr at 2.5kts in a south-southeast direction until the speed dropped below 2kts. At which point l started the engine and motored in Southeast in the right direction.

Then 1/2hrs later, the wind filled in from a Southerly direction, a force 2-3 and Elektra  was sailing well towards the Lizard Point, for the next 2hrs right up to the unsettled water off the Lizard Point she sailed.

Then when we turned the corner at 1530hrs the wind was behind us and not enough for Elektra to sail. So from there we motored. The wind then changed to a Northerly force 3-4 west of Coverack. By that time we just keep on motoring up and around Manacle Buoy which we passed at 1800hrs. Then turning Northwest towards the Nare Point, and west from the Nare Pt we motored very carefully into Gillan with the sun low in the sky trying hard to avoiding the pot markers in the glare of the sun on the water, and we picked up Elektra’s mooring at 1845hrs having logged 28.5nm.