Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 of June

Sunday June 27, 2011: Torquay - Plymouth

Actually this blog should start with Saturday the 26th, but due to bad weather we decided to stay another day in Torquay.
We used the Saturday for further exploring the small city of Torquay and treated ourselves to a old fashion real English breakfast in a authentic English café : Weatherspoon.
Very nice breakfast with everything an English breakfast should serve: eggs, toast, brownies, beans, mushrooms, tomatoes etc etc.
Later that day Monique and Oscar went sightseeing, while Sam and I did some small repairs and cleaned the boat.

In the evening we went to the local theatre and saw the Calendar Girls.

Sunday morning started off very foggy, with no wind.
We didn't wanted to stay for another day so as soon as the wind arrived we left the harbour for Plymouth.
The visibility was maximum 300 meters so within minutes we lost contact with the shoreline. But with the help of our instruments and GPS we were able to find our way, although the track we left behind was very winding and far from a straight line...

At 14:00 hours we arrived at the rock called Start Point and we changed our course West in the direction of Plymouth. Still the same dense fog surrounded us.
Finally at 16:00 hours the sun was powerful enough to break through the clouds and we saw where we were: close to Bolt Head, Salcombe.
With a good wind from the back we sailed towards Plymouth with a prefender to prevent our mainsail from swinging from one side to the other.
Suddenly the line we used for the prefender broke and the boom smashed from one side to the other. Luckely it didn't hit anyone and no damage was done to our mast.

At 21:00 hours we reached the Breakwater of Plymouth and by 10:00 we landed the boat in the Marina.
Tomorrow, Monday will be a day was washing and exploring Plymouth.



will keep you updated.
Cees, Sam, Monique and Oscar.