Back to Brixham

Well, we made our decision after yet another gale forecast and decided to head back to Brixham. We spent a night at Looe harbour - an unscheduled stop but the forecast SW wind turned SE and we couldn't sail round Start Point (too close to the wind). We had a warm welcome from some of the locals who remembered the 'Ros Ailither' from when she used to fish out of Looe.

We left first thing in the morning in thick fog - very eerie... We could see blobs on our radar screen showing boats half a mile away, we could hear their engines, but we couldn't see a thing. We managed to sail in light winds way past Plymouth but the wind gradually died completely and with the tide against us, we were going at 1.1 knots so fired up the engine and steamed on at 7 knots. The only land we saw was a glimpse of Prawle Point (near Salcombe) before the mist closed in again. At least we got to use our new foghorn for real - one ong blast every 2 minutes and hoping not to hear anything in return!

Amazingly, just as we approached Berry Head, blue skies appeared above us and the whole of Torbay opened up with clear visibility. We're now moored on the town quay in Brixham amidst the heritage boats and will be taking part in the trawler race this Saturday (about 1pm-ish)