21st June: New Battery!
While sailing on the 13th May the Garmin chart plotter started complaining of low battery volts. Possibly this was because the Tiller Pilot, which stopped...
2019 / About Seatern / June: "Season stops!"
by Peter Taylor · Published 01/07/2019 · Last modified 05/07/2019
While sailing on the 13th May the Garmin chart plotter started complaining of low battery volts. Possibly this was because the Tiller Pilot, which stopped...
Diary Entry / 2019 / June: "Season stops!"
by Peter Taylor · Published 01/07/2019 · Last modified 19/07/2019
[NB this is my “Diary Entry”; Raid photos are available via “Swallow Yachts Raid 2019“] I drove down to Cornwall on Monday 24th June calling...
Diary Entry / 2019 / June: "Season stops!"
by Peter Taylor · Published 01/07/2019 · Last modified 02/07/2019
It’s Swallow Yachts Raid time! As usual I’m helping with one of the safety ribs. Today, Monday I drove down to Falmouth calling in at...
This year I decided to drive to Falmouth on the Monday, to have a day of sight-seeing today, Tuesday, before the Swallow Yachts Raid which...
Diary Entry / 2019 / June: "Season stops!"
by Peter Taylor · Published 02/07/2019 · Last modified 20/11/2020
I’d passed signposts to Newlyn whilst driving from Chysauster to Sennen and I decided to return there and find “Ordnance Datum Newlyn” to which Ordnance...
Wednesday June 26th: For the morning the start line extended northwards from the green Mylor fairway buoy to the race rib. There were two starts,...
Wednesday June 26th (cont): As the fleet approached St. Mawes, heavy drizzle forced me to use a waterproof “snap shot” camera (3 photos with numbers...
Wednesday June 26th (cont): The aim was to take the fleet somewhere new, so the turning mark was to be “Matt Rib” anchored beyond Priory...
Wednesday June 26th (cont): The finishing line for the morning’s race was between St.Just buoy and the race rib and the fleet then entered St....
Wednesday June 26th (cont): The days sailing ended off Mylor Harbour with sunshine and a freshening wind. Photography was somewhat curtailed because two of the...