Following my thoroughly enjoyable sojourn in America with the family, it was time to return, by train to Plymouth, this time with a purely ‘social’ crew comprising of Peter, my next-door neighbour (aka 'Toad'), and our friend, Jerry who refers to his forecastle cabin as ‘the front room’... Sailing was almost a burden for this... Continue Reading →

Richard writes: We had left Hejira at Queen Anne's Battery Marina in Plymouth while Nick returned home for a full family holiday in the USA where their son, Ollie and his family live. Although QAB is within the same MDL group of marinas and offer a free berthing swap, it was not as simple as... Continue Reading →

Trying to avoid a boring, chronological travelogue of ‘what we did on our holidays’, I will try to stick to the mildly interesting features. On the passage to Fowey, we witnessed a pod of dolphins, all slapping their tails on the surface. This is what the internet says about the activity: “Dolphins slap their tails... Continue Reading →

From the Helford River, we sailed into Carrick Roads, and past the busy Falmouth Harbour and docks. Our intention was to just pick up a visitor buoy off Mylor but a call to the marina said that all the buoys were taken but they could provide a marina berth. This did give us the opportunity... Continue Reading →

Our dilemma in Fowey was what to do and where to go… The decision had already been taken to shorten the cruise because of the forecast big (?) winds and to crew change through Truro station, not Penzance. There were still strong easterlies forecast which would propel us nicely west to the Falmouth area but... Continue Reading →