We motored the short distance over to the island of Bryher today and anchored at New Grimsby while we went ashore. One of the cottages was selling home grown peas and another had freshly baked iced buns for sale. Bryher is only 2km x 1km and is one of the smallest inhabited islands – weContinue reading “Friday 17th July 2020 – Porthcressa to New Grimsby and back to Porthcressa – 10 nm”
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Thursday 16th July 2020 – Porthcressa, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly – still at anchor
Wow, this is such a great anchorage, lots of cross chat between boats and a good atmosphere. It is an easy row ashore with a fine sandy beach for the dinghy to land on. The water is a vibrant turquoise and clear to see through, we haven’t seen any fish yet but they must beContinue reading “Thursday 16th July 2020 – Porthcressa, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly – still at anchor”
Wednesday 15th July 2020 – at anchor – Port Cressa – St Mary’s – 2 nm 40 mins
As soon as we woke this morning we moved the boat over to Port Cressa, which only took us 40 minutes to reach. This is another beautiful quiet anchorage but it has the advantage of being a close walk into the main town on the Scillies – which even has a Co op and aContinue reading “Wednesday 15th July 2020 – at anchor – Port Cressa – St Mary’s – 2 nm 40 mins”
Tuesday 14th July 2020 – at anchor – St Agnes
This morning we attempted to fix the dinghy’s outboard motor, which hadn’t been firing since our arrival in the Scillies. Changing the plug didn’t make any difference so it’s probably dodgy fuel, as the nearest fuel station is at St Mary’s we’ll carry on using the oars for now. Although the shoreline is close toContinue reading “Tuesday 14th July 2020 – at anchor – St Agnes”
Sailing with the Ship’s Cat new journey starts
Sailing with the Ship’s Cat blog 1 for the belated 2020 season. We have spent the last few weeks getting Talavera ready for our sailing season, since the lockdown we haven’t had access to the boat. During the lockdown I have spent a few quid on some new stuff for the boat. We now haveContinue reading “Sailing with the Ship’s Cat new journey starts”
Lockdown update
Sadly we don’t have access to Talavera so all the boat job are on hold, however I have been ordering stuff on line in readiness for when we can get to her. I have the new solar panels 2 x 115 watt and have a guy ready to make the frame for them, also aContinue reading “Lockdown update”
Episode one of my vlog
Should I start a video blog?
http://www.youtube.com/watch This was our summer cruise four years ago, what do you think should I start a video blog?
Finally a fair day
Well finally we managed a sail today after weeks and weeks of gails we put a reef in the main and foresail and had a little sail into the Solent. The sun came out and the wind was a bit gusty but we enjoyed a couple of hours sailing. The Ships Cat had the firstContinue reading “Finally a fair day”
Ship’s Cat helps out on boat maintenance days
Since we have had a few sunny days we have taken the opportunity to get some boat jobs sorted and the Ship’s Cat has been down to help and hinder. We still have much to do before we head off in May but the Ship’s Cat will be helping or hindering all the way.
The Tim Heale Website 