18 September 2015 | Beaulieu River, UK 50’27.32N 2’32.09W – Hayling Yacht Company, Hayling Island, UK 50 48.27’N 0’58.24W via Wicor Marine, UK
14 September 2015 | St Anne, Alderney 49’43.47N 2’11.35W – Beaulei River, UK 50’27.32N 2’32.09W via Studland Bay, UK
12 September 2015 | Gosselin, Sark 49’25.78N 2’22.70W – St Anne, Alderney 49’43.47N 2’11.35W
07 September 2015 | St Peter Port, Guernsey 49’27.32N 2’32.09W – Harve Gosselin, Sark 49’25.78N 2’22.70W
01 September 2015 | Tregarvan, Aulne River, France 48’15.16N 4’14.00W – St Peter Port, Guernsey 49’27.32N 2’32.09W via Cameret Sur Mer, France & Herm, Guernsey
23 August 2015 | Ile de Penfret, Iles de Glenan, France 47’43.05N 3’57.04W – Tregarvan, Aulne River, France 48’15.16N 4’14.00W via Anse de Kerautret, River Odet, France, Englishmans Cove, River Odet, France & Camerat sur Mer, France
19 August 2015 | Treac’h er Gourhed, Ile Houat, France 47’22.99N 2’56.85W - Ile de Penfret, Iles de Glenan, France 47’43.05N 3’57.04W via Port Kerel, Belle Ile, France & Port Tudy, Groix, France
14 August 2015 | La Rochelle, France 46’08.60N 1’10.09W – Treac’h er Gourhed, Ile Houat, France 47’22.99N 2’56.85W via Anse des Vieilles, Ile d’Yeu, France & Trebezy, St Nazaire, France
08 August 2015 | Anse l’Oubye, Ile de Re, France 46 09.2455 N 1’15.50W – La Rochelle, France 46’08.60N 1’10.09W
04 August 2015 | Ribadesella, Spain 43’27.81N 5’03.71W – Anse l’Oubye, Ile de Re, France 46 09.2455 N 1’15.50W
01 August 2015 | Ribadesella, Spain 43’27.81N 5’03.71W
28 July 2015 | Luarco, Spain 43’32.87N 6’32.08W – Ribadesella, Spain 43’27.81N 5’03.71W via Laurno
24 July 2015 | Ria Vivero, Spain 43’40.55N 7‘36.16W – Luarco, Spain 43’32.87N 6’32.08W via Ribadeo, Spain
21 July 2015 | Ria de Cedeira, Spain 43’39.26N 8’03.74W – Ria Vivero, Spain 43’40.55N 7‘36.16W
16 July 2015 | Vila Franca do Campo, Sao Miguel, Azores 37’43.01N 25’25.75W – Ria de Cedeira, Spain 43’39.26N 8’03.74W, via Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Azores
06 July 2015 | Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Azores 37’44.29N 25’39.94W – Vila Franca do Campo, Sao Miguel, Azores 37’43.01N 25’25.75W
30 June 2015 | Angra do Heroismo, Terceira, Azores 38’39.15N 27’12.97W – Ponta Delgada, Sao Migual, Azores 37’44.29N 25’39.94W
25 June 2015 | Velas, Sao Jorge, Azores 38’40.82N 28’12.16W – Angra do Heroismo, Terceira, Azores 38’39.15N 27’12.97W
19 June 2015 | Horta, Faial, Azores 38’31.99N 28’37.50W – Velas, Sao Jorge, Azores 38’40.82N 28’12.16W via Cais do Pico, Pico Azores
The tall stranger with important information
17 March 2012 | 50’21.298N, 03’34.530W
Today was always going to be a bit of a slow day after yesterday's exertions and we both slept like the dead in the still boat in Dartmouth. Once up however there were as always job to attend to and the primary one being that this was a designated 'getting clean' day.
Getting clean when the boat is out on the river is not as quick a task as when you have an en-suite right next to your bedroom and the first stage of this plan was getting 'Thug' (a little Ruffian) out of the locker and pumped up. Locker duly emptied and 'Thug' made ready for action we rowed to the shore assuming that we'd magically find somewhere to get clean. As we parked 'Thug' in a quiet spot we happened upon a 6"7' tall stranger who, as a live aboard in the river, imparted us with all the key snippets of information we needed. Where the FREE showers were, where the FREE internet was, how we could get our mooring for FREE for a couple of nights. As knowledge is power we were now all powerful and after a short spell under the FREE shower we were both powerful and clean.
The afternoon consisted of a walk along the coastal path from Dartmouth going west. We sighted in the distance Bolt head, which Fiona always thought that her family had lost in a gambling debt generations ago. Last weekend however John put her right with the much more ordinary story that it had been in the family but lost due to death intestate. Lunch was a very civilised affair on a bench overlooking the entrance to Dartmouth with the associated coming's and going's. A contessa 32 went west and into the harbour came a few AWB's, one under kite until the big left hand turn before the rocks. Brave fellow!
Back on the boat a feast was put together by Fiona and passage planning for next week was started. It looks like we'll make off early (to gain our FREE mooring) on Monday morning to Plymouth and then hop from there to Fowey on Wednesday and then onto Falmouth. It's then time to wait for a decent weather window to head out into the sea proper and turn right to the north. We have both questioned the validity of going north as things are freezing on Ruffian at the moment with the clear skies and high pressure. We suppose however that it's better a little cold than having lots of rain and gales.
Can you spot Ruffian in the miriad of boats.
Along the coastal path. Now where was Bolt Head and Tail.