Fowey to Falmouth

We had a really relaxing evening on the mooring in Fowey - including producing a batch of leek & potato soup for lunches over the next few days - and a quiet night (di managed 11 hours sleep!)

Today didn’t start terribly well – the turn of the key to start the engine was met with a click and then silence! However, we didn’t panic and, working through the symptoms, discovered a loose connection on the battery bank. Once tightened, the engine burst into life – much relief all round!



We relied on the engine for the whole passage today (just 20 miles) – hardly a breath of wind and a calm sea but, again, fairly poor visibility. However, it gave us the chance to practice what we’d learned in our recent Radar course and we passed this lovely old boat motoring back to its summer mooring in St Mawes – she was built in 1912! Anyway we arrived at Falmouth at 5.00 and moored in the visitors’ haven close to the town centre.

We’re eating ashore tonight for the first time on the trip and hoping that WIFI in the café will let me load this blog and photos up since my normally trusty mobile broadband dongle seems to be struggling.

Thoroughly enjoying being back in cruising mode!