To The Dart

26-27 April 2017
Plymouth Yacht Haven to Salcombe and The Bag to Normandy Pontoon

Key points:

1. Forecast NE 4/5 with no mention of squalls from ESE.
2. It is important to be careful when reversing in a marina in current.  Just because you have escaped from the berth does not mean that you have also got out of the current.
3. First voyage anxiety is normal.
4. Salcombe is very quiet on the last Wednesday in April.
5. "The Bag" is a simple and easy place to berth but the WIFI doesnt work.
6. Just because there is a strong current 20 metres out from the pontoon does not mean that there will be the same current alongside the pontoon.
7. Fenders are a good thing.

28 April 2017
Salcombe to The Dart


We made it, without undue excitement, all the way to our new mooring at Noss on Dart.

The flubber trip to Stoke Gabriel Pontoon took 40 minutes with the tide.

 The Pontoon at Stoke Gabriel

Spring Cruise completed without misshap.