Tuesday 16 August 2011

Tuesdays sail


After not being able to find the right type propane gas at Fowey yesterday and early this morning we had to change our plans for today and moor in Falmouth Harbour so we could continue cooking for more than just 1 day.

Around 10 O’clock, a later start than on previous days, we set out down the south coast towards Falmouth. We managed a couple of hours of decent sailing – getting up to around 5 knots over the water – but due to the wind’s direction (from Falmouth towards where we were) and lack of strength we soon brought down the sails and had to motor for the final hour or so.

Dylan and I made lunch, some beautiful sandwiches, though we had to make a few extra cheese sandwiches for Jamie who decided, around three weeks ago to become a vegetarian!

Having been rejected from the marina as they didn’t have enough space, we convinced a smaller boat to move off the last mooring buoy which would take our boat size and lowered the tender. Dylan, Kamil and I were the first ashore off the dinghy and spent an hour or so exploring the town of Falmouth and sampled some local ice cream.

Tomorrow is an early start, around 7 O’clock, so that we can begin crossing the Bristol Channel to Milford Haven as quickly as possible, hopefully arriving by Thursday evening or Friday morning.

Alex.

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