Ep 69 - Westward again

Overview of our departure from Helford River to the west. First passage into relatively unfamiliar waters.
Music by: Bensound
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[@CrewsFarm]

Thank you - I always learn something valuable from your videos.

[@CoricContessa32]

Our pleasure John, we enjoy making them

[@ruthwilliams4217]

Wonderful , thank you for sharing . These are so helpful .

[@CoricContessa32]

Really pleased they are useful to you.

[@ronb5167]

Many thanks John & Lizzie......very instructive and enlightning. Westward ho! Easterlies for a couple of days. That's a bonus for the west country..... Sorry to have missed you in Falmouth.

[@CoricContessa32]

Thanks for this Ron, sorry to have missed you too, but the weather was not our friend and we ended up hiding in Falmouth for a day or two. Nice visit to Helford River before departure to the Scilly.

[@jcfgh]

Very useful thank you. Fair winds for the next stage.

[@CoricContessa32]

Thank you, much appreciated

[@sophie_94116]

Glad to see you went to the Isles of Scilly! We have sailed there twice now and it's amazing! I would recommend anchoring at Great Bay on St Martin's (if you haven't already), it was one of our favourite anchorages and it's a nice walk up to The Seven Stones Inn 😊

[@CoricContessa32]

Thank you for this, we stopped between Tresco and Bryher. Had a pint in the new Inn and then headed off for Cork.

[@brianwaters8269]

Love Scilly been lucky to holiday there a few times. Seems like the passage was a good taster for some bigger stuff to come. Wondering how the boat is working, perhaps the best 5 features that are making the sailing easier

[@CoricContessa32]

Thanks for this, boat going well. Off the top of my head for short handed the list is - good auto helm, all lines into cockpit, plotter above companionway, self tailing winches and tiller extension. With those everting can be done by one person.

[@andrewdee4214]

Greetings, Kia Ora and Fair winds from New Zealand

[@CoricContessa32]

Thank you, much appreciated

[@Widgeon5113T]

Great to see you really o the way. Remember not to round the Fastnet and return this time!

[@CoricContessa32]

Thank you for this Nick, have now crossed to Southern Ireland. Thankfully missed going round the Fastnet rock. Interestingly, first time done on a starboard tack.

[@richardayres2949]

Passage planning and weather become key issues. Like you when I went east about from Eastbourne all the way round until I got to Falmouth were all knew to me. It becomes more challenging when you are sailing single handed and you are having to press on due to a small weather window. I’ll be interested to see if you still rate the Met office forecasts so highly by the time you are back, I found some of the weather apps much more accurate! Have fun.

[@CoricContessa32]

Thanks Richard, have been using metoffice.go.uk and met.ie. Was a bit strange being out of inshore waters for a while and took a while to get oriented into the Irish areas. Using windy and xcweather as well as the synoptic charts. Think are right about the weather apps especially when you can get a better idea about the timing of shifts.

[@richardayres2949]

@@CoricContessa32 I found XC weather almost always under estimated wind strengths! On the NE coast the fisherman use a Norwegian weather site I can’t remoter the name! Have fun and enjoy. It gets cheaper and more friendly the further north you go!

[@richardayres2949]

@@CoricContessa32 meteo the French weather site / app is also good.

[@kbbarton1]

Have you tried your hand at any astro navigation while on your passages?

[@CoricContessa32]

Blimey, I don’t think I’ve done any Astro since 1996. Travelling over the green bits of the chart from Saint Mary’s to Tresco was exciting enough.