Having spent two nights in Cawsand with a gale forecast we
decided that we would head off to Falmouth as it would
at least shorten our journey to Spain. We would have
liked to have gone up the River Yealm but in view of the work still to do on
the boat which would be made much easier with a mains connection and the
promise of an internet connection for more in depth weather forecasts, Falmouth won. We
weighed anchor on a very grey and murky morning however as the day wore on we
could see a hint of blue sky in the distance. In the end it was a beautiful
sail and we arrived off Falmouth in
beautiful sunshine. Having surveyed the visitors pontoons in the main
harbour where they were rafted up three deep we headed up to Mylor Yacht Harbour where we
tied up at 5 o’clock. Just as we were coming into
our berth Richard heard the automatic bilge pump come on – something it
never does and when he turned the engine off he could hear water flowing.
The main intake hose for the engine had fractured! It was very fortunate that
it happened when it did. It has now been replaced.
We have also now managed to fit the freezer which Richard
has been dreading for ages! It is excellent!
We cycled into Falmouth to have a
look round and do some shopping. It was only about 5 miles but rather
hilly! We also managed to have our hair cut while we were there and so are looking
less like hippies.
At the moment a ridge of high pressure moving in on Friday will
allow us finally to depart for Spain. In which
case the website will not be updated again until we arrive in Bayona providing
we get an internet connection there!
Distance run 41.82nM Cumulative total 318.87nM
