After our gruelling first day getting to Brixham, we postponed our next leg to Falmouth on Sunday. We had a good nights sleep, and in the morning sought out “The Curious Kitchen” for a hearty breakfast. Highly recommend this place if you’re ever in Brixham. Then a bit of shopping to replace my lost caps and sunglasses, before setting off for Salcombe.
Again this turned out nothing like the passage plan, the wind being much stronger than predicted. The forecast doesn’t take account of how headlands accelerate and alter the direction of the wind. I guess knowing that I should have taken it into account, The upshot was another longer than expected passage and after employing the “iron sail” we eventually arrived at Salcombe about 7pm.
Mondays forecast looked good. Winds F4 NNW, one long broad reach. Happy days. We left Salcombe at 8:00 am expecting a nine hour journey. The day started sunny and our spirits were high.
After a dealling with choppy sea’s that are a regular feature around “Start point” and “Bolt Head” we tried to set course for Falmouth, only to find the wind direction was pushing us way south. Heavy seas were coming over the top of the boat again and we were baling out the bilges every couple of hours. (I still haven’t found where the leak is.)
After a couple of tacks to the north to compensate for the wind angle, we sailed through a variety of wind strengths and sea states before arriving at Falmouth early evening.
4 Kidneys and a Wonky Leg 