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This is The World taking up all the space in Fowey harbour. It was packed last night as the visitors pontoon was rafted out to 4 with a ralley of dutch yachts. The World looks big but is a residential cruise ship which only has 165 apartments on board, for which their residents pay £20,000 per month (not including the original purchase price). It was quite a sight reversing in and the anchor chain dropping was so loud it made the child on the next boat cry. Unfortunately we missed the chance to request permission from the harbourmaster to 'circumnavigate The World' as someone beat us to it! A grey day today with variable wind so we're pushing on to Falmouth to refuel, recharge, and hopefully get ready for the crossing to the Scillies. --
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Some More Photos of the trip so far.

Worbarrow Bay- Blithe Spirit Centre (Joined by others after a night alone)

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We've made it as far as Cornwall-just!
Picture is of Cawsands, on the Cornish side of Plymouth Sound. Almost as far west as we have ever sailed, but we bought the boat in Torpoint. From here on it will be all new territory.
Good sail today, ended up leaving at the same as our neighbour on the pontoon in Salcombe who was going to Plymouth, so had a race, which we won due to some lucky tactics in holding our first tack for longer and keeping one tack all the way into Cawsands.
Not a good day for mechanics, managed to dunk the outboard into the water when the automatic clutch engaged on starting and because I wasn't sitting in the dinghy it ploughed into the water taking a gulp of water through the carb. After a strip down managed to get it going. Then the boat engine wouldn't start when we came to anchor. Must have siphoned in some water when in some big seas off Bolt Head. (Must fit an anti siphon valve) So had some practise anchoring under sail in amongst other boats. Got engine going shortly afterwards.
Off to a nice little pub in Cawsands, further west tomorrow.--
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Heading into Salbombe for our day off! Bit gray today but still warm but don't think we'll be on the beach!--
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The Dinghy trip up stream.

Arrived in Salcombe after a great gentle sail down the Devon coast. Lovely weather, made an impromptu stop at Man Sands, where we anchored just off the beach and I snorkled ashore, slightly scareing a small child as I emerged from the deep!
Salcombe is interesting after Teignmouth although they are both Devon seaside towns, Teignmouth is very traditional sun, sand, fish and chips (which were the perfect meal after our trip across Lyme Bay.) Where as Salcombe is all about boats, where as there were a handfull of visiting yachts in Teignmouth there are hundreds here. When we went back to the boat last night a woman came and asked up where we were going in our dinghy so late in the evening. Here nearly every one walking round the town has come ashore by dinghy. Obviously yachtsmen want the smarter the yacht clubs and yachty clothe shops. Shame because Teignmouth was perfect after a long day at sea.
But it is nice here, very smart and very boaty and a holiday feel too. The Estate agents windows show just how smart it is, the main picture of each property details is a picture of the view, with a horrible modern brick 3 bed with excellent view of the estuary asking £1M and a 2 bed flat with "a tantalizing glimps of the estuary" (the picture showing a flash of blue water between a tiny gap between two buildings!) for £300k
We are up river from the town rafted on a mid stream visitors pontoon. As the pic shows still surrounded by boats but quite peaceful now. Strange to be inland and hear cows in the fields around us. Going to spend another day here for provisioning and relaxing in the sun hopefully.--
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Leaving Teignmouth. Got a nice breeze on our Starboard quarter as we head south. along the English Riviera!--
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We're now in Teignmouth for the night after a day crossing Lyme Bay. We rounded Portland Bill at around 10.30 am and tied up on the visitors pontoon here at 6.30 pm. When we got up the weather was grizly (sorry very unmeteorological) and visibility terrible, but most of the way the sky was clear and blue! Just as we were arriving the wind got up and went round to the NW which bodes well for the next leg to Salcombe tomorrow. --
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Worbarrow Bay. All alone here last night. About to spend another night here.--
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Made a start to our summer holiday. Managed to have a nice evening sail to the bottom of the Beulieu River, where we are anchored behind Gull Island, a nesting ground for birds-who are incredibly noisy-hence being awake and writing this.
Our plan is to try and head to the West Country, but faced with light winds from that direction over the next couple of days that might prove difficult. A trip across the channel might be easier. However as I sit here the wind that had just died from the West has just filled in with some strength from the North East, not the forecast direction.
Forecasts are not proving to be too accurate at the moment anyhow, but fortunately it is more summery than some forecasts. The monthly outlook from the bbc site predicts continuing fine weather with high pressure dominating for much of the next couple of weeks, but an email I receive from a sailing forecaster with a home record says the let stream will kick in at the end of next week bringing up atlantic storms in quick succession, effectivly ending summer! So better make the most of this weekend!
Had also better mile the most of this find NE wind and the fair tide we now have to take up west.--
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