Forecast for Sunday is now looking a lot easier. But Saturday has turned grim, with gusts in the afternoon of up to 42 knots and 3m waves. It looks like it's coming in from the west, so if we left earlier to avoid it, we'd get caught before we reached Fowey.
So it looks like it's likely to be a maintenance weekend on the boat.
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Once this lot blows through, next week actually looks quite pleasant. I'm reminded again that if I wasn't restricted to only using the boat at weekends, we'd get much more sailing in. Unfortunately, short of winning the lottery (and for that, I'd have to remember to buy a ticket) retirement is still another good ten years off.
And who knows what my health or the world will do between now and then. So we'll continue to grab the moments as we can.
The photos were from the beginning of August, on the way out from Plymouth to Fowey. We should probably have waited another day before leaving, but I was keen to go; we ended up beating into gusts up into the high twenties. The crew were not particularly impressed; it took 35.5nm and seven hours to cover the 20nm passage, and as a concession to the crew I cheated with the engine for the last hour.
Petrella managed it beautifully however, and the crew were more than happy once we got to where we were going. And dolphins are always a welcome treat.
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