Monday 3rd June – the Start
Monday 3rd June started grey and with light drizzle. The first race was up the Truro River past the King Harry Ferry to turn around...
Category: Images of the 2017 Raid
For the second year I took part in the Swallow Yachts Raid, based at Mylor Harbour near Falmouth, crewing a safety boat with Matt Newland. This year we swapped over and sailed Matt’s BC23 on one of the days.
Monday 3rd June – photo set 2
This gallery includes photos of the first part of the morning race with boats sailing up past the King Harry ferry towards Malpas and then...
Monday 3rd June – photo set 3
This gallery contains photos in Truro River and at the finish at Restronguet Creek before mooring at the Pandora Inn for lunch and/or Cream teas.
Monday 3rd June – photo set 4
This gallery contains photos taken after Pandora Inn, ending back at Mylor Yacht Harbour. Unfortunately the battery on my main camera had died so I...
Lunch Breaks during the Raid
On Monday (3rd June) there were both Sandwiches and Cream Teas laid out for us at the Pandora Inn. Given the size of the freshly...
Wednesday 5th June – set 1
A single race was held on the Wednesday so as to arrive at St Just Creek with the tide high enough to enter. From a...
Wednesday 5th June – set 2
This photo set shows the end of the reach into Falmouth, yachts rounding the rib off Flushing Sailing Club, and tacking out towards the East...
Wednesday 5th June – set 3
After the yachts left Falmouth the wind died and we thought about shortening course, however Ed and Ollie in the red rib assured us that...
Mylor Yacht Harbour
Mylor Yacht Harbour is the base for the Swallow Boat Raids. The meal each evening is held in Castaways East, situated in the old Naval...