Easter and Avoidance of the Royal Wedding

The amazingly sunny weather over the Easter holiday brought predominantly light winds but it was just great to be out enjoying it. Barbara and Amy joined us for a few days for a lovely sail down to the River Yealm and then on to Plymouth, returning to Dartmouth for a delicious meal at the Anzac Street Bistro.


At the Ship Inn, Newton Ferrers, River Yealm


Anchored off Sugary Cove, at the entrance to the Dart.

Barbara and Amy left on Easter Monday and the following day we were joined for a daysail, with lunch in Brixham,by our friend David.


The weather finally began to break at the end of the week, just in time for Dan & Kim to join us for the best sailing of the week as the wind turned Easterly. On the morning of the wedding we sailed over to Salcombe where we were greeted enthusiastically by the harbour master (everyone else was watching TV it seemed; we had the radio on for Jerusalem as we sailed into the harbour). We stopped for lunch before a good beat back to Dartmouth.

On the Sunday it blew up to a Force 6 so we had a great sail in the bay.











All in all a great week and a chance to make sure everything works before we head off for our summer cruise to France.