Daysail Fowey-Looe-Fowey

Nevil Adkins

Set off at 1240 for a day sail but only decided the destination to be Looe ‘on the fly’ as we motored down the river. This was my desire but it should have been discussed properly before we left. Looe was downwind, so we had a fast broad reach under main and Code 0 there – a very nice sail, sometimes hitting 8kt. We anchored outside of Looe and started to prepare the dinghy to take a trip in to get an ice cream. This took a lot longer than anticipated and the anchor was also dragging so we decided that rather than resetting it in a better position we would abandon the shore trip and head back to Fowey. Beating the 9NM back along the coast was a different matter to the broad reach there - I enjoyed the sailing but it was a slow effort and we were not finished until 20:24, by which time we were all hungry and a bit snappy with each other. In hind sight, we should have decided the plan before setting out and it would have been much more sensible to have heading to Mevagissy against the wind in the beginning and have come back with the wind. Over the next few days I started preparing Destiny to be taken out of the water and stored in Toms Boatyard, assisted by Rob at certain times. By Sunday 11Aug24 Destiny was ashore, stripped of sails and lines, stores removed, engine winterised, battened down for storage. Destiny is the right boat, but at the wrong time, as I still have to work in Nigeria for a couple more years until I retire. Apr26 note (added whilst transferring logbook notes to SailTies) – I am now retired; yippee! Currently working to get Destiny back in the water an to her permanent berth at Sutton Harbour, Plymouth.