Isles of Scilly to Ushant – Navionics After a night on the wall, with regular shakes to reset the line to account for the tide, our departure day for France arrived. The weather was quite calm with beautiful sunshine which was a dramatic contrast to the storms earlier in the week. The trip of 100 miles…
Eclipse – Watermill Cove After a couple of days at Watermill Cove we decided with an approaching Easterly wind it would be better to move to Porth Cressa just to the South of Hugh town to hide from the increasing wind. The wind was to move East to North-Westerly over a couple of days and we…
Finally, it feels like the adventure is starting. After the delays and subsequent problems caused by Cardiff Marine, we finally have a fully sound vessel ready for sea and the next stage of the trip. Our plan was to visit the Scillies and then head South to Ushant. So with a stored and prepared vessel…
Pencoose Cove – Navionics Wanting to show our house guest Ellen some of Cornwall but not yet having sails, we decided a short motor to the Helford for a change of scenary and an adventure was in order. So we stored ship and slipped to the Helford to anchor off Pencoose Cove. the weather was…
Morale is high. We are back in the water after nearly a month on the hard. Nick and Cove Eddy from Falmouth Harbour Marine Services have been great and we have a repaired drive train, aligned engine and are looking forward to new sails from Selman Sails in the next few days. From Mylor we…
Mylor Marina – No for Navigation After 25 days in Pendennis, we now have a lift date at the local yacht harbour and boatyard in Mylor. Notable is that we have had no contact from the boatyard that originally installed the engine. Judge for yourself how professional this is. We paid the marina fees, an unexpected…
Shattered after the previous night’s anchor watch and a tiring day, sleep came easily and the restful night brought a misty hazy dawn with a fairytale air around the castle. The wind had dropped significantly so we motored South East towards lizard point and then onwards toward Falmouth. Beam on to the sea, tide and…
Strong winds from the East continued and we sailed passed St Ives at 5 knots ready to turn South and push passed Lands End. True to form, Cape Cornwall and Land’s End required sail reefs and a firm hand at the wheel as we raced at 6.5 knots down the coast. Land’s End and the Longships…
With the tide again late into the afternoon, the sail towards St Ives was potentially a late one. We had a ‘bolt hole’ into Newquay if we needed to but even at a distance, th swell made the beach look to surf bound to be sensible. So we pressed on towards St Ives. On passing…
The luxury of a lie in! The tide for Padstow would bar entry until around 1400 and so it was a lazy start and a short motor in to the harbour. The channel is well marked and the harbour team very professional. It remained winding in the harbour and so our first approach lead to…