Sailing again? To Jersey & Scilly?

Average wind for Newlyn
 in August (Predictwind)

Hopefully I'll be able to resume sailing later in the month, I’m planning to leaving Milford Marina around the 21st to anchor at Dale or Sandy Haven Bay and then heading out of the Haven early the following morning. 

However if, as is likely, the bottom of the boat is really bad with weed I may try and book the piles at Rudders yard to scrub or perhaps dry her out at Newlyn, Hugh Town or elsewhere. The loss of 0.5 - 1  knot of speed is bad enough, more would be seriously bad news on a 600 mile trip.

The route and stop off points will of course depend on the weather, and writing this probably dooms the expedition, but the plan is to head for the Channel Isles, first to Guernsey to meet up with Jester sailor John W, something I have tried and failed to do the last two years, then on to Jersey where my sister will be on vacation.

September

The tricky bit out-bound is likely to be getting too and around Lands End, against the prevailing west to south westerly wind. The good news is that once round I should be able to make a quick passage to Salcombe, or more likely the free anchorage at Hallsands behind Start Point, then to Guernsey.  

Getting back is likely to be tense, a north westerly or gales could cause problems all the way and a westerly would slow down the passage to Land's End.  

I need to be at Milford by the end of September for the boat to be lifted out on October 4th, the next suitable tides start two weeks later and lifts may already be booked.

There will be at least 2 long passages each way but hopefully there is sufficient slack in the return plan, I'll be watching the forecasts very closely! 

Preliminary plan (click to enlarge) and key planning data @ 7/8/24.
Includes "slack days" and ignores some likely intermediate stops.
Stopping points are indicative, so for example "Newlyn" could be
Mousehole, Newlyn Harbour, Newlyn Anchorage, St Michaels
Mount, Mullion or a combination. HWD = HW Dover.

Click here for (another) change of plan and setting off.