Voyage La Rochelle
| Vessel Name: | Midnight Blue |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Hunter Legend 27 |
| Hailing Port: | Ramsgate |
26 June 2013 | Plymouth, devon
Plymouth Mayflower Marina
Starting the return journey with a stop-over in Plymouth. Massive port with many marina's. I need to find a West Country home for Midnight Blue, and if my efforts to get into Dartmouth fail, this is a good back-up location for a while.
25 June 2013 | Fowey, Devon
4 Degrees West
Great sail into Fowey, although still surprisingly heavy seas and a cold wind. Fowey is a real sailing mecca, with us just grabbing the last free swinging mooring close to the town quay. Decided to celebrate the most westward point with a night in the Fowey Hotel, and a great meal in town.
24 June 2013 | Salcombe
To Cornwall
Mike Gill rejoined the team in Brixham, and we decided to abandon all plans to go to either the channel Islands or France on this trip. A shame, but there will be other times. Instead we have decided that Fowey, and possibly even Falmouth will be our farthest destination - taking us into the heady [...]
22 June 2013 | Dartmouth
Dartmouth Yacht Club Moorings
Time to move out of Dart Marina and the old people's home / hotel onto the more basic pontoon in front of Dartmouth Yacht Club - reserved for boats under 30'. No power or water, but a great location in town looking out to the Dart Estuary.
20 June 2013 | Dartmouth
Dart Marina
Checked into to The hotel at the swanky Dart Marina complex, where we also moored Midnight Blue Apparently the second most expensive marina in the country. No entirely sure on what basis it can justify this. The hotel is pretty good, but seems to have attracted a niche audience of 70+ year olds. [...]
To Cornwall
However, after a slow start against the tide we decided to break the journey with another stop-over in Salcombe, and another visit to Dick & Wills restaurant.
Our evening slot at Whitestrands pontoon was available. And after another heart breakfast in Captain Morgan's, along with taking on fuel at the barge, we headed off west.
