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.
We decided to take the punt and press on to Lagos in a final long day. So we rose before the sun and had the anchor up by 0600. We were not the only ones looking at an early start and we ended up in company with Silver Calipso from Cowes. The coastline continued to…
A later start before motoring around the Cabo da Gato. This is a dramatic and impressive cape with possible small anchorage tucked in amounts the coves. We pressed on and then turn north, hugging the coast on motor with some life from the mainsail. We didn’t get the wind forecast so the day was spent…
Today is a short run to Almeria. There isn’t a way to book in advance but they are very accommodating and always seem to find a place. So after a couple of hours of gentle motoring, we managed to find a ‘stern to’ med mooring near the entrance. It was a tight squeeze between 2…
Navionics After the early boat move, we settled our bill, refuelled and departed for the next leg to Les Sables. This is the starting point fo the Vendee Globe race and somewhere I was interested in visiting. Despite early damp and drizzly conditions the day’s sail was good with building winds and a steady run…
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…
Day 1 – The adventure begins… After too long in the yard and not long enough to make her insides look pretty, it was time to push on and do some sea trials. We had sailed her before but with changes to the running and standing rigging and a new engine, there where lots…