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The plan had been to "nip round the corner" (i.e. past The Lizard) and then spend a night at Newlyn before heading off across the Celtic Sea to Cork, Ireland.

However, after spending quite a while comparing several different forecasts from several different weather models, we reached the unwanted conclusion that we didn't have a good enough weather window to set off on the Saturday for the 30 hour(ish) passage.

So in very still weather we motored up The Carrick Roads for lunch at anchor in Channals Creek (i.e. under Trelissick House). Then down to Mylor Yacht Haven were Thalmia is moored up until we spot a decent weather window to allow the "Ireland Trip" to continue.

On the plus side, this gives time for a sail maker in Penryn to replace the damaged panel in Thalmia's spray hood.

A lovely sail down from Mylor (Falmouth) down and round The Lizard.

Once round The Lizard things became a little more arduous as we didn't have the angle on the wind we'd hoped for and had to motor sail into short, choppy seas (I tried to take some photos showing the waves / spray with my new waterproof camera but the results are "mixed"). The chop reduced the boat speed considerably and continued until we were pretty much level with Newlyn (have a look at the speed graph lower down this page which shows this quite dramatically!).

After a brief diversion to Penzance to look at their "waiting buoys" (we didn't fancy them), we anchored for the night just south of the harbour wall / entrance to Newlyn.