On our arrival at Plymouth on Thursday morning, we fueled up at Mayflower Marina and then took a temporary berth there to await the arrival of Rayelle and Sharon. Nefore they arrived we went shopping for supplies.
This time Sharon travelled by train but she still had a troublsome and delayed journey due to a death on the line!
We had both on board by 1600 or so and headed up the River Tamar. We all enjoyed the short time we had together....
We even did some gentle sailing under Genoa alone. Our destination was Cargreen, a lovely spot where we would spend the night on a borrowed buoy.
Coincidentally, Arctic Smoke is now moored at Cargreen and so we couldn't resist going over to check her out. All seemed fine but there was no one on board...
Mick Cooked a delicious dinner which was followed by strawberries and cream. We had a delightful evening catching up with eachothers' news and sharing plans and dreams for the future.
The following morning it was back to Mayflower Marina, to discharge the crew. Rayelle's visit was a flying one and it was good to see her after many months. It was the second time I said goodbye to Sharon within a few days and Mick and I had been on board together since June 8th!
After they had left, I headed for the Cattwater for my raft-up meet with George, whom I met on the Jester Baltimore Challenge in 2019. He sailed the Jester Azores Challenge (JAC) this year and we very nearly met up there, but in the end the closest we got was passing eachother at about a quarter of a mile, going in opposite directions between the islands!
We had a great evening swapping stories but George's far outdid mine. He towed a fellow participant in the JAC for hundreds of miles and endured some very rough weather in the process.
George brought a companion with him....
She's very cute and is in training to confirm her status on his crew list.
We retired around 2300 with my tentative plan, to get up at 0500 to take advantage of the least worst winds and head for Salcome, 20 miles up the coast.
I wish I could have been there! Sailing on Arctic Smoke has been very much curtailed this year and my excuse for not being there is that I am self isolating due to having a positive covid test result! I feel fine, and am very keen to get down to Arctic Smoke and get out for a sail next weekend!!
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a good time at Cargreen. A very friendly yacht club!
p.s. thanks for the photo of Arctic Smoke, very reassuring and lovely to see that my seagull defences are at least in part working!!!!
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