On Saturday and Sunday the forecast was for hot sunny weather, l thought a pub lunch at St Mawes on Saturday was a good idea and Vicki agreed. The morning started overcast and still with that cold east wind, it made it chilly on the water. So when we set off down to St Mawes,Continue reading “A forecast of hot sunny weather”
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I don’t know what day of the week it is!
Having retired at the beginning of April, the days had started to roll into each other and l don’t know what day of the week it is anymore! We had been away at the weekend to 2 sailing association events and were desperate to get aboard again. The weather men were forecasting a lovely sunnyContinue reading “I don’t know what day of the week it is!”
Sailing back home
Sunday the 13th of April, (I have always found the number 13 is unlucky, I try not to let it rule my life, but when a 13 is involved, I just take more care!) We got ready to leave, I started the engine and switched on the instruments and walked up on deck to pullContinue reading “Sailing back home”
Launch day 2025
Launch had been arranged for 0630hrs on Monday 31st of March, the boat yard picked up Elektra and moved here to the slipway ready to launch in daylight on the Saturday to be ready for Monday as they didn’t want to be pushing across the road in the dark on Monday. So I was earlyContinue reading “Launch day 2025”
Last sail of 2024
On the morning of Wednesday 9th of October we motored Elektra in and dried her out on St Anthony beach to unload her crusing gear in the afternoon straight into my pick-up on the beach, this was bringing the season to a close. Before leaving for home with a full pick-up load I moored ElektraContinue reading “Last sail of 2024”
A few days at anchor
The following day was Thursday 11th of July, another lovely day but we decided to leave the cockpit enclosure up and enjoy the heat, after all this was meant to be summer even if the weather doesn’t reflect it! After brunch and washing up we mainly lazed in the cockpit enjoying the surroundings, l sleptContinue reading “A few days at anchor”
Getting the best out of sailing
Ever since I learnt to sail 52 years ago, I have loved sailing. Having only ever had one sailing lesson about 3 years after staring (I never had the time or money to pay for more), I have always thought as myself as still learning. I haven’t ever been into racing sailboats but have crewedContinue reading “Getting the best out of sailing”
A Day Sail
With a chance of a day sail on Sunday 28th April, I needed to move Elektra from her gale proof/east wind mooring in Carne Creek on the HW at 0830hrs. I overslept and it was 0900hrs before I was launching the dinghy from St Anthony beach. Motoring out to Elektra I could see the tideContinue reading “A Day Sail”
Some Days at Anchor
Vicki started writing a list of forgotten items. We had taken a hot water bottle but unknown to us the bottle centre had stuck to itself inside its cosy, so a new bottle went on the list. In the meantime we had to make best use of what we had, so l filled as bestContinue reading “Some Days at Anchor”
A Chance of a Few Days Aboard
After Sundays sail the wind had been quite strong and I had got on with jobs at home but we were planning a few days aboard, a little shakedown cruise to find out what we had forgotten. The forecast seemed to surggest Wednesday would be better but the wind continued for another day. So itContinue reading “A Chance of a Few Days Aboard”
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