Fai Tira in Falmouth 50:09.54N 5:04.02W
Fai Tira Blog Thursday
20/08/09 Fai Tira in Falmouth
50:09.54N 5:04.02W Last night was blowing a
gale. I had previously been fishing
and caught nothing as usual. After that we headed into Falmouth for a bite to
eat and the odd pint!! We had a
nice night and everything was going great, returning to Fai Tira at about
11.00. We hit the sack and the wind
increased dramatically up to gale force. The boat was swinging around on its
mooring and the lines kept catching on the anchor on the bow. This made a loud bang about every minute
or so. It had to be sorted!! So I climbed out of my bunk clad in
underpants and T shirt, (not a pretty sight) and sorted it out as best I
could. It was cold and wet out
there not to mention pitch black. I
got back into my bunk and started to dose when there was an almighty noise
coming from the stern. I knew what
it was straight the way. The wind
had dislodged the fishing rod and it had blown into the spinning wind
generator. Two things now
happened. The first the fishing rod
disintegrated and secondly the blades on the generator lost about three inches
of off each blade. This made it go
out of balance so I had to switch it off.
I could have kicked myself what a PRAT!!! for leaving the rod there. Back to my bunk again. Next there was still banging from the
anchor so up I got again. I had to
rearrange the mooring lines completely, no mean feat in a gale, but I managed
it. Back to my bunk again feet
freezing but couldn’t sleep due the fact I was thinking about the wind
generator. What a
PRAT!! The morning arrived we had breakfast and I started to repair the wind generator. The wind was still blowing a gale but I managed to dismantle it and sawn the blades down so that they are now the same length. Lets hope it works!! The rest of the day saw
us visiting the National Maritime Museum and then heading back to Fai Tira for
the evening.
The wind is dropping now
so I might be able to get the wind generator fitted back together. Bye for now. Pete and
John. |