With the weather being what it is we are kind of stuck here at St Marys Pool, and we are not alone in being frustrated with the weather. A number of boats that came out for the holiday weekend are having to leave their boats on the moorings and either fly or get the ferry back to the mainland – real shame.

The chap who was moored behind us left to sail back to Falmouth, and after two hours changed his mind and sailed back to the Isles of Scilly because the conditions were grim.

The only wee bit of excitement we had (that ended well) was a call from a boat who had dragged her anchor in Porth Cressa and was bumping her keel on the rocks and requested the lifeboat. From his request to the full lifeboat crew getting to the lifeboat station, kitted up, out on the rib to the lifeboat on her mooring, and leaving was all done within fifteen minutes. Pretty impressive and testimony to the RNLI crews professionalism and committment.

They returned towing the boat into St Marys Pool, and then passed the tow onto the Harbour Authorities big rib who then took her alongside a mooring where she sits and appears none to worse for the experience. No doubt they will get her dried out alongside the harbour wall on the next tide and check out the underside.

Don’t know how long we will need to sit it out here, but we have no real options other than to be patient, and enjoy swinging about on the mooring in 25 – 30 kts of wind and having “interesting” trips in the dinghy when going back and forward to the shore.