Despite the doubtful outlook in the last blog, on Wednesday by lunchtime, our weather scouts in Plymouth, Terry and Jenny Waterfall, rang to say the view from Plymouth Hoe was favourable. The volunteer lookouts at Froward Point, at the entrance to the Dart, confirmed the visibility had improved and the seas were abating. The crew had escaped to Dartmouth for beer and pasties but a swift phone call was in time to prevent the beer if not the pasties and they repaired to Shearwater and we set sail at 2. After a long slog to windward against an unfavourable tide, we berthed in Sutton Marina, Plymouth at 10.30. On Thursday Terry and Jenny escorted us out of harbour on Buscadeer, snapping Shearwater under sail. We enjoyed an easy tight fetch down to Fowey. The harbour was full obliging us to raft up on a mooring buoy. After midnight the surge into the harbour caused us to review the situation and we reluctantly motored off to find somewhere more sheltered up river. We earned a peaceful night and this morning set off bright and early to carry ebb tide down to Falmouth. Shearwater happily beat to windward yet again and we are now moored in Falmouth visitors marina, our destination for the week. Not bad, considering the problematic weather. The crew head back to Derbyshire tomorrow and I await the final crew for the sail back to home port.