Had a lovely meal in the pub – “The Chain Locker” in Falmouth along with a couple of pints of Doom Bar – lovely stuff! I wasnt grateful for it at 2am/4am/6am when it was all a bit too much for my bladder however!
Woke this morning to find my throat has eased a little and I feel a bit more myself which is great as one journeys I’ve been looking forward to is that to the Scilly Isles! The forecast is Northerly 2/3 but we should pick up sufficient wind to get a good sail. Its 8am now Mike is in the launderette trying to rinse out and dry his jacket after his little dip yesterday. Meanwhile Pete is cooking up a big fry up which will set us up nicely for the journey!
Blog to be updated when we arrive in Scilly Isles late tonight or tomorrow………..
Its now nearly midnight and we are moored onto a buoy off the Scilly Isles – I can hear the splashing of the sea on the side of the boat, the regular sounds from the local lighthouse and a cacophony of snores from all quarters of the boat!
Its been a long journey from Falmouth, fueling at 9 this morning in terms of a lovely cooked breakfast made by Pete, then filling the boat with diesel finally arriving 10 hours later at the Scilly Isles.
Fred asked us to take it in turns to be “Skipper for the Day” and John took first turns – planning our passage and ensuring our journey was safe and enjoyable. He was a fabulous skipper, ensured everyone was OK, and that we took turns at helming and that we were all comfortable and well. A little disappointing though John, if you dont mind me saying, that with your close connections to the important guy up above, that you didnt organise a bit of sunshine and some wind in the right direction! Please pray a little harder!
Again we found ourselves having to motor the whole journey as the little wind we did have was right on our nose! We did however, manage to put our RADAR training to some use as we navigated through part of the journey in fog.
Interesting to journey so far without land in sight and having to rely on the feel of the boat and the instruments to direct without having a landmark. We reached Wolf Rock and looked like a bunch of Japanese tourists as we reached for our cameras to photograph the one exciting landmark!
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We were very pleased to finally see the Scilly Isles come into view and as we did we spotted Dolphins in the distance. Eventually, a curious little one popped onto our starboard bow for a little nosey which made my day!
The light was very ethereal as we approached the Scillys and I cant wait to explore them further.
Photo to be inserted here when receive better internet connection so watch this space…..
Lovely to finally moor off and relax with a G&T all round
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Chris has been busy preparing another gorgeous meal – this one was so lovely I even photographed it
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A meal I would have been happy to receive in a restaurant – fresh cod caught in the early hours off Falmouth this morning cooked with loads of lemons, bacon, green beans, pine nuts and served with boiled new potatoes – absolutely scrummy!
Finished eating this and Fred taught us more on passage planning and suggested to Mike and I that we might like to do our Day Skipper exam tomorrow – we both shook our heads……….
Goodnight!
