Entrance to Padstow is only possible two hours either side of high water at 18:46, and so for long passage from Isles of Scilly have a deadline. To give myself enough time slept a little in the evening and then weighed anchor and motored out between the islands at one am which felt very intrepid. Lucky that everything illuminated by an enormous full moon!
Lovely fast sail with the tide across to Cornwall and then slowed down working up coast against tide in a mixed up sea. Then coming around Trevose Head before entering Padstow Bay huge white cresting lumpy waves from all directions, which quite a contrast to the still calm in the small harbour where rafted up against another couple of boats.
71 nautical miles. Can see where altered course slightly to cross shipping channel off Land’s End and avoid couple of large ships.
