Month: October 2014

Yarmouth – first impressions

10/21/2014
by kelewis37
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Solent / UK

The sunset was beautiful.  We’d sailed West.  Sunglasses on as we pointed Trouper towards the last of the sun.  The next half hour was dusk and it was dark when we arrived in Yarmouth.  We’d pre-booked a berth in the marina though, in October, at the tail end of the season there was plenty of space. The leading lights made the entrance straightforward, even in the dark.  You just have to dodge the ferry that […]

Mylor – first impressions

10/12/2014
by kelewis37
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Cornwall / UK / West Country

Mylor. The last stop on our Summer Cruise of Devon and Cornwall.  Our first challenge, finding the channel to enter the marina.  This was marked but depth of tide meant that we could only enter +/- 3hours around high tide due to a shallow area in the channel. We found the entrance due to a larger boat ahead of us.  They’d slowed down.  Presumably they were waiting for more tide to allow them over the shallow […]