A 07:30 start to round the Lizard at slack tide and for favourable tide from there on. It started off quite warm with little wind but it clouded over as I reached to Manacles under engine. The wind stayed very light until 20 minutes short of Newlyn so I motored all the way, naturally the wind headwind went from 4 knots to about 7 as I went through the Lizard over-falls, with 6 knots of boat speed and 2 knots of tide, rather more than I expected even on a spring tide, there was 15 knots of cold wind over the deck and I went from shirt sleeves when I left to a fleece and a down gilets.
I had hoped to spend a night at Mullion Cove but the wind was blowing straight in and could go to Force 5 so decided against it, a shame as, along with Chapman's Pool (St Alban's Head), its one of the few recognised anchorages along this coast that I have not been too. So in the end I anchored in Gwavas Lake, close by Newlyn harbour in a gap between loads of pot buoys and at low water the clear water allowed me to plant the anchor in clean sand, missing the patches of weed.
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| 40 pot buoys in Gwavas Lake, more to seaward. |
My plan to go into the harbour on Friday remains intact although I really could do with a shower so I might change my mind in the morning.
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| 33 nautical miles in 7.5 hours. |
Update: it’s now Sunday the 28th and I and 3 other boats, all but one single handed, might get away on Tuesday.
I didn't click here for 2 steps forward and 1 back - to the Fal
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