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 motored around to Pendennis for a few days. It is more central and would allow our first ‘house guest’ to join us for a trip to the Helford.
In the shadow of the Swansea Lifeboat station (very handy) we spent a very good night at anchor. The wind from the north is diverted by the hills and the tide is high but offshore so you are rarely on a dreaded ‘Lee Shore’. The anchor alarm did no off several times but it was…
With only 30 miles to run to Sines we could afford a slightly later start and so raised the anchor at 0830 to again press South. Sines has a small inner harbour inside a much larger anchorage, a berthing port making the approach busy and with potential danger from larger vessels, tugs and other traffic….
Up and away at a reasonable hour (0800) we refilled Eclipse in preparation for our move to make good our Santander port call before heading further West. The rest and diversion to Bilboa had delayed us a couple of days so we needed to press on. The boat was remarkably inscathed after her ordeal in…
Biscay Crossing Plan – Navionics The night before a long passage is never fully restful for me as a skipper. Add to that a more rolly anchorage and it could have been a better night. That said we were as prepared as we could be for another long passage. We’d learned several lessons from the…
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…
Not a great night of sleep with a late joiner to the anchorage messing with my ‘chi’. You never know how well someone else has anchored and hoe safe they are. But having arrived at night you have to assume they are experienced sailors.We awoke to a beautiful day with strong winds from the West….