24th April 2019
Ireland here we come! But first Devon, Cornwall and all that.
We left Kingswear visitors' pontoon at 1140 (sharp), thus managing to ensure that the tide was generally adverse most of the way to Fowey. I wont bore you (Dear Reader) with any of the exciting technical problems that arose on the trip. Suffice it to say that we arrived in Fowey where we worked out a cunning plan how to avoid Hurricane Hannah.
Our plan was startlingly simple in its simplicity:
We would hide up the Fowey whilst Hannah wizzed past.
We soon worked out that it would be even more fun if we got on a train and nipped over to Penzance to stay with my sister Angela whilst Hannah was around. Train travel, it turned out, was much quicker than marine navigation and didn't require any knowledge of tidal steams.
28th April
To Falmouth!
We made it to Falmouth.
Martin and Julie visited which was nice. They looked well.
29th April
To Newlyn.
After a last minute decision to go around the Lizard despite being nearly 2 hours late for the "tidal gate" we went anyway and suffered no ill consequences despite passing only a mile and a half south of the point. There was no wind. We motored all the way.
Next: To Ireland, probably.
Ireland here we come! But first Devon, Cornwall and all that.
We left Kingswear visitors' pontoon at 1140 (sharp), thus managing to ensure that the tide was generally adverse most of the way to Fowey. I wont bore you (Dear Reader) with any of the exciting technical problems that arose on the trip. Suffice it to say that we arrived in Fowey where we worked out a cunning plan how to avoid Hurricane Hannah.
Our plan was startlingly simple in its simplicity:
We would hide up the Fowey whilst Hannah wizzed past.
We soon worked out that it would be even more fun if we got on a train and nipped over to Penzance to stay with my sister Angela whilst Hannah was around. Train travel, it turned out, was much quicker than marine navigation and didn't require any knowledge of tidal steams.
28th April
To Falmouth!
We made it to Falmouth.
Martin and Julie visited which was nice. They looked well.
29th April
To Newlyn.
After a last minute decision to go around the Lizard despite being nearly 2 hours late for the "tidal gate" we went anyway and suffered no ill consequences despite passing only a mile and a half south of the point. There was no wind. We motored all the way.
Next: To Ireland, probably.
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