Fowey and Falmouth

Hi everyone. We are all fine. Have been battling with the challenges of getting an internet connection when anchored on a mooring buoy. Anyway, am able to give you a brief update and hopefully some photos.

We left Plymouth in the end on Monday as the steering gear needed a last minute part fitted and this could not possible be done on the Saturday. No problem - took the girls to see Night at the Museum 2 (average) and had our last Costa coffee (much better).

We had a good sail out of Plymouth, having first refuelled at the fuelling jetty - always exciting to have some close manouvring of a large yacht right at the beginning of a sailing trip! We took 4 1/2 hours to get to Fowey. A great sail and a beautiful sunny day. The girls did very well - Ellie coped well with queasiness and Flora appears to have the constitution of an ox! A beautiful evening in Fowey - and guess who arrived next to us - Charlie, my instructor in his Ovni! Pictures of the two Ovnis togther in Fowey Harbour above.

The girls enjoyed Fowey - lots of dinghy trips to get to and from the boat. We had a quiet day on Tuesday - walked to Readymoney cove and swam there. Yesterday we sailed here to Falmouth. It was an absolute scorcher, with not a breath of wind. We motored to start, and Simon valliantly put up the spinnaker, but not even enough wind for that, so we had to motor the rest. I'm sure you are enjoying the heatwave but even at sea it was so hot we were all in shorts and t-shirts. Torrential rain and thunderstorms last night and we have spent the day in Falmouth today - exploring the town and at the beach. Tomorow we head for the Isles of Scilly (subject to the early morning shipping forecast), including a 5.30am start (not my best time) but we are looking forward to being there and enjoying sun sea and sand.