I left just before six in a dead calm and made quick progress down the Hamoaze on the first of the ebb side.
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Leaving the Hamoaze heading west of Drakes Island. |
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"The Gate", a narrow short cut to the west of Drake's Island. |
I ran into fog just past Drake's Island, fortunately it was isolated banks.
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Plymouth breakwater just after dawn. |
I had hoped to anchor for the night on the east side of the Lizard peninsula, somewhere between The Helford and Coverack but with a moderate and rather variable head wind that proved too far so I went to Portscathow, a good fair weather anchorage, not as protected from swell as St Mawes but much closer and only a couple of miles more to the Lizard the next morning when I would have lots of time before the tide turned favourable,
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Looking east from the anchorage, The Dodman on the right, the Portscatho National Coast Watch lookout on the left. |
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Portscatho is a popular destination for boats day sailing from the Fal, only two of us stayed overnight. |
44 miles over the ground in nine and a half hours.
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