Newlyn to Falmouth

              Newlyn to Falmouth. Learning how to Sail again.

So just a quick one as apparently the pictures didn't show up on the last one I'll try again but with this added.

Saturday May 11 2019.

0600. I’m up doing the usual getting the tea kettle on checking the weather and stuff. The kettle whissssssssstles steam rises, Sally gets up and by 0700 we’re underway on a clear bright morning with flat seas.

0950 We do what we haven't done since last year! Nope not that or whatever else you might be thinking! We shut the engine off!! Whooooopie Sailing just plain old no engine sailing What a change! Just the sound of the sea gurgling by and the noise of the wind. Perfect just perfect.

We managed to sail all the way to Falmouth 40 miles in 4 and a bit hours.

We got a pontoon at the Falmouth Marina and spent 6 days there doing the touristy stuff checking out the sights took the train back to Penzance to see the pirates but there wer’nt any not even a pretend or stuffed one! Nice town though interesting architecture and stuff. I also replaced the bow navigation light as the old one had corroded into uselessness.

A fine sail no hassles no break downs. Just a perfect trip.

One of the foot prints should be upside down for when Sir Robert Knox Johnson left and when he returned to Falmouth after the around the world race. We actually saw him sailing out of Gosport on Suailhy later.