Port Pendennis, Falmouth 50:09.12N
005:03.67W
2 October
Another great day's sailing, covering more than 70 nm, from
Scilly to Falmouth, sees us rafted to a very posh superyacht on an entire
pontoon of superyachts. Ahead of us is a stunning, Cayman registered, 180
ft schooner (with 150ft main mast) and behind a 40m classic ketch.
Clearly we were placed here for a reason. We could perhaps be the tender
to one of them? Our neighbour is a RN frigate, I assume it is here
to guard us and the other superyachts. Either that or its because
Falmouth is a naval dockyard. Our marina is Port Pendennis, wrapped
around the amazing Falmouth National Maritime Museum and right by the town
centre. Together they provided a superb, much needed shower and equally
superb seafood for dinner.
Swanky raft up
Falmouth neighbour
We left St Mary's before dawn, with just enough light to see
the other boats and moorings and were soon sailing towards Land's End, on round
the Lizard and through to Falmouth. We sailed throughout, with some
support from time to time from the engine - we needed to maintain an SOG of
6kts to get to Falmouth in daylight and the winds were just a touch light
although from a perfect direction. More AIS assisted dodging around the
shipping lanes and exploring the benefits of MARPA (radar target monitoring) to
work out what a few kamikaze fishing boats were up to. Approaching
Falmouth, our AIS screen filled with 'sharks' - all pointing in the same
direction (anchored) as we came right through the middle of Falmouth anchorage,
full of tankers and large cargo ships.
Gaff yawl off Land's End
Our route through Falmouth Anchorage
