Exploring the Scilly Isles - Kathy & Nigel, Karen, Stef & Rhionna
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or the passage from Weir Quay
or onto the passage to Ireland
Sunday 9th June - Rushey Point anchorage
07.30 Sun & showers
08.30 Weigh anchor and move to New Grimbsy for breakfast
13.40 Motor to St Mary's to pick up crew - Stef, Karen & Rhionna
18.00 Anchor off Rushy Pt. Tresco
19.45 Motor on to beach with anchor still in 1.9m
Monday 10th June - Rushey Point anchorage
07.00 Move to slightly deeper water 3.5m, Wind west 3/4/5
10.00 Move over to St Helen's anchorage, wind WxS 5, cold, visited by seals
18.45 Now back at Rushey after walk in the rain on Tresco, WNW 3/4 showers
19.30 Drive onto beach (better than last night!), clear sky but cold
Tuesday 11th June - Rushey Point anchorage
07.00 Wind SWxW 2/3 partiall overcast
10.40 Dry out for 5 hours, clean bottom & topsides, shopping, walk to Abbey gardens
19.30 Motor round to New Grimsby
21.30 Anchor in Green Bay on Bryher then dry out for 6 hours
Wednesday 12th - 13th June - Green Bay anchorage, Bryher
Wednesday - 09.45 Dry out, walk around south end of the island before rain started
15.45 re-float, SWxS 3/4 showers, games on board + quick trip to shop, dry out
Thursday - 05.40 Float off, move to outer anchorage, W 3/4 overcast
08.15 Motor to St Marys & tie alongside in Hugh Town
10.30 Fill diesel and water, acquire and use dinghy repair kit
16.00 Stef, Karen & Rhionna leave to board ferry to Penzance
17.54 Steak for supper then Bridge game in Hugh Town
Friday 14th June - Hugh Town harbour, St Mary's
09.00 Complete shopping, replace Calor gas cylinder
10.15 Depart for Samson, just Genoa 8 rolls, S 3/4
11.35 Drop anchor of Ballard Point, SxW 4/5, rain showers, explore islands
18.10 Weigh anchor, sail back to Green bay, S 4, sun in pm !
18.30 Pick up old mooring in Green bay in 2.8m
Saturday 15th - 17th June - Green Bay mooring
Not much prospect of leaving before Monday due to adverse weather forecast
Saturday - Dry out, mooring looks sound, walk in morning before rain returns
Sunday - walk in morning, pm SxW 5/6, glad of good mooring!
Monday - Gales forecast for Fastnet but moderating in the week
11.00 Motor out of Green bay after a visit from "Golden Dawn" who is also going to Ireland
12.25 After motoring south around Tresco, drop anchor in East Porth, Tean
14.00 Row over to St Martin's to walk around the south end of the island
19.45 - 20.00 Weigh anchor, motor to Tresco, Rushy Point to anchor for the night.
Continue with passage to Ireland
08.30 Weigh anchor and move to New Grimbsy for breakfast
13.40 Motor to St Mary's to pick up crew - Stef, Karen & Rhionna
18.00 Anchor off Rushy Pt. Tresco
19.45 Motor on to beach with anchor still in 1.9m
10.00 Move over to St Helen's anchorage, wind WxS 5, cold, visited by seals18.45 Now back at Rushey after walk in the rain on Tresco, WNW 3/4 showers
19.30 Drive onto beach (better than last night!), clear sky but cold
10.40 Dry out for 5 hours, clean bottom & topsides, shopping, walk to Abbey gardens
19.30 Motor round to New Grimsby
21.30 Anchor in Green Bay on Bryher then dry out for 6 hours
15.45 re-float, SWxS 3/4 showers, games on board + quick trip to shop, dry out
Thursday - 05.40 Float off, move to outer anchorage, W 3/4 overcast
08.15 Motor to St Marys & tie alongside in Hugh Town
10.30 Fill diesel and water, acquire and use dinghy repair kit
16.00 Stef, Karen & Rhionna leave to board ferry to Penzance
17.54 Steak for supper then Bridge game in Hugh Town
10.15 Depart for Samson, just Genoa 8 rolls, S 3/4
11.35 Drop anchor of Ballard Point, SxW 4/5, rain showers, explore islands
18.10 Weigh anchor, sail back to Green bay, S 4, sun in pm !
18.30 Pick up old mooring in Green bay in 2.8m
Saturday - Dry out, mooring looks sound, walk in morning before rain returns
Sunday - walk in morning, pm SxW 5/6, glad of good mooring!
Monday - Gales forecast for Fastnet but moderating in the week
11.00 Motor out of Green bay after a visit from "Golden Dawn" who is also going to Ireland
12.25 After motoring south around Tresco, drop anchor in East Porth, Tean
14.00 Row over to St Martin's to walk around the south end of the island
19.45 - 20.00 Weigh anchor, motor to Tresco, Rushy Point to anchor for the night.