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We should have left when we knew the wind was changing direction, but it was forecast to be very light and we stayed put. Its not that simple in Scilly, given times of tides and where you can go when, and then will there be room? Suffice to say it was a pretty Dreadful night.Continue reading “Thursday 28 July. The Cove to St Helens Pool via Old Grimsby sound. 15 nm”

There wasn’t much wind overnight but there was an obvious sway from side to side in the gentle swell. When it is quiet any little thing that rolls to and fro is very annoying! Like the lipsalve in the cockpit that I identified sometime in the early hours. By daylight the wind had gone roundContinue reading “Wednesday 27 July. Day on StAgnes and Gugh”

A lovely day. The wind disappeared overnight. Such a relief to not have it bashing away in your ears and a gentle motion of the boat. We got up early as we wanted to go onshore before having visitors 🤗. We needed to pay our dues, offload rubbish, go to the shop And Have showersContinue reading “Tuesday 26 July. New Grimsby sound to The cove, St Agnes, Scilly. 5 nm”

Not a comfortable night! The wind has gone round into the north so there is less protection in the Sound than before. Big waves out to sea are rolling into the channel. Boats being tossed about all over, pitching and rolling on their moorings. The motion on Angelique isn’t great but probably a lot betterContinue reading “Monday 25 July. On Angelique.”

The weather is worse today but at least the wind is still in the SW so we are protected on the mooring, although the sea state is quite wavy. We’d planned to walk or hire bikes today but opted for walking as it’s really not pleasant enough to make good use of bikes. We gotContinue reading “Sunday 24 July. Tresco.”

You go to bed with a calm sea and a sunset, and wake to a howling wind. However, the wind was forecast so we were expecting it overnight. Excited about a day walking on Bryher. We set off in the dinghy and parked her on the beach . we then walked south on grassy sandyContinue reading “Saturday 23 July. New Grimsby. Bryher.”

A perfect morning to wake up to. Not a cloud in the sky, calm blue sea and warm sunshine, even early! We needed to get a gaz cylinder refill if possible, since we reckoned our present one must be nearly empty. I phoned Sibleys the fuel people just to check they had the 907 inContinue reading “Friday 22 July. St Marys to New Grimsby Sound. 2.5 nm”

This morning it was like a mill pond. Moving around in Scilly depends very much on the timing of high water, unless you want to go the long way… round the outside. Today our destination was St Mary’s, the biggest of the Scilly isles. We left our mooring about 1030, and went south . I’veContinue reading “Thursday 21 July. Old Grimsby sound to St Marys. 2.5 nm”

I didn’t sleep well at all. The wind was blowing and although the water was flat so we weren’t rolling, Angelique was swinging from side to side on her tether. Eventually I got up and went and sat in the cockpit behind the french window, watching the anchor lights of the other boats swinging inContinue reading “Wednesday 20 July.St Helens pool to Old Grimsby sound 1 nm”