Sunday 15 May 2011

Leg 2 Falmouth to Milford Haven





Crew:
Chris Nash
Ian Conway
Andy Usher
Sam McElhinney
James 'Baz' Barrington



Falmouth to Milford Haven 6 days 283 Nmiles.


Highlights:


Full-on sailing in strong winds
Lundy and Isles of Scilly
Tresco gardens and New Grimsby Sound
Industrial scale ports of Falmouth and Milford Haven
Beautiful secluded anchorages
Wildlife: seals nosing, dolphins jumping, gannets diving, cormorants, shearwaters, guillimots and puffins.
Geology: 'basaltic intrusions', granite, shale, slate.
Headlands, bays, tides, sandbanks, sun and lots of wind.
Helford River

In New Grimsby Sound, Tresco
The Doom Bar

Padstow Harbour
Lundy Anchorage
Marisco Tavern, Lundy


Sailing by the stars guided by Arc Angel magic dust phosphorescent wake.