The start of the summer (?) cruise

Well, were off! We left Dartmouth at lunchtime on Tuesday for a great beat out to Start Point - sunshine and a good Force 4n perfect. We also had a couple of boats to compete with and were very pleased to overtake a well-sailed Contessa 36 (a quick boat).
As we passed Salcombe, though, the wind died so we motored for about two hours toward the River Yealm. A slightly surreal hour was spent on a conference call to four other members of the Soil Association Council as we motored about 3 miles off the coast and the call ended with half a dozen dolphins arriving to play in our bow wave! 


After a very peaceful night. this morning, unfortunately, dawned drizzly and misty but we left at about 11.30 for a really good sail to Fowey. A Force 3-4 close reach, with the cockpit speakers providing music to take our minds off the drizzle. As we neared the harbour visibility reduced to less than half a mile so we crawled in under radar and GPS assistance.



A china clay carrier feels its way out of the harbour, just after we arrived.

The mobile phone signal isn't very good here so I'm hoping that this email upload to the blog works! We should be able to add pictures tomorrow.
Graham Keating
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Yeo Valley
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