Molia

Jo has done 54 miles from Padstow to Newlyn around Lands End 🙂

We left Oxwich Bay early (0500) so as to be in time for high water at Padstow.

May 21 – In Padstow

A day off in Padstow. We met with Tracy and Darren who live in Boscastle nearby. Tim had to leave us after lunch – many thanks Tim for all your help getting us this far – particularly your anchoring expertise in Oxwich Bay.

In the evening we walked to Stepper Point and looked round the NCI lookout.

The National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) was created as a charity after the coastguard was ‘reorganised’ in 1994. It uses volunteers to do the vital work of being the eyes on sea users of all persuasions. We saw the log entry for Molia going into Padstow – as the person on watch was able to identify us using AIS.

May 22 – In Padstow

Still in Padstow today waiting for the wind to settle further south.

As Swansea do not open their lock 24 hours, we needed to anchor so that we had time to get to Padstow in the day, before they open their lock approximately 2 hours before high water. So we chose Oxwich Bay on the Gower. This has a good write-up on Navily for the wind direction forecast (NE).

This is the big one for the year! Started today Thursday 18 May – we are aiming for Jersey in June, then back to Portishead at the end of July. Looking forward to welcoming all our crew guests on Molia, and to seeing all the people we are planning to meet along the way.

V40-1 Portishead to Penarth

We have Tim P on board for the first few days. We hope to get him as far as Padstow.

And we are off…

We had a great meal at the newly redecorated The Deck restaurant at Penarth – although Mark is still unable to understand BoatFolk’s latest reward points scheme 🙂

With Lou, Tim, Wendy and Jo on board. A perfect introduction to Molia for Tim.

We went out early in the morning, but the fog had not cleared on the river. Mark discovered that the AIS works much better when it is switched on! (It is now labelled on the panel.)

Nothing to see here!

A brisk sail to Black Nore Point and back with Tim and Steve. The rig seems OK!

Molia is back in the water for our 2023 season.

We are planning to take her to Jersey and the other channel islands this year – watch this space.

Molia is now out of the water for the winter. Many thanks to friends who helped in the pouring rain; and to Max and his crew at Portishead Marina.

What a great day – there was enough wind to sail all the way, and the sea was flat.

With lunch onboard – many thanks Niv.

Here’s to next season!