Later update

From Plymouth we had a relatively short passage to Salcombe having taken the decision to head towards the River Dart in view of the poor forecasts we had been seeing. We have taken the difficult decision to postpone our trip to the Isles of Scilly as we have ben uneasy about the unsettled weather there and it really is somewhere that you need fairly settled weather to visit by boat. Perhaps we will make it later in the season.

Salcombe as always was it's pictureasque self and after a good walk in the morning we left there on Wednesday to catch the tide at a favourable time to round Start Point. Although I had calculated the time and checked it when we arrived at the point the seas were still rather lively and one wave crept up on us and leaping over the sprayhood landed on Sue and I (mostly on me I think) drenching us. With a good breeze and sunshine we soon dried off though.

Entering the R Dart we tied up to an island pontoon for a couple of nights, visiting Dartmouth Castle whilst there.



View from battlements of Castle looking towards town of Dartmouth with Kingswear on opposite bank.

It is now Friday and we are heading upstream this afternoon for a couple of nights on a buoy at Dittisham before perhaps anchoring further upstream to avoid the Bank Holiday crowds. With a potential Force Eight wind though we may prefer to stay on the security of a buoy.




Classic yacht sailing past in Dartmouth in evening sunshine. Previous owners have included Ernest Shackleton