Sailing to Scilly
30th April
We slept aboard Captiva before an early morning start
1st May
We dropped our mooring at 6am and motor sailed down the Lizard against a light wind. Once past Lizard point we had the wind slightly helping us.
After a longer than expected sail we arrived at 6pm in time for the meal we had booked at the Turks head in St Agnes
2nd May
After a leisurely wander around the south side of St Agnes we motored to Hugh Town on the nearby island of St Marys.
3rd May
Friday was the day for the vets, supervets and masters races. Sue rowed in the ladies supervets race from St Agnes to St Marys. We were hoping to not come last but after a great start we were in the middle of the other gigs and beat our A team!!
Richard rowed in the new Mens Masters category for the St Agnes race.
In the afternoon were the races from Nut Rock and the LSVB team again beat the A team : )
The Mens Masters finished 3rd in their category earning them a bronze medal.
4th-5th May
Richard was in the Open races on Saturday and Sunday. They finished 111 out of 132 boats. They had borrowed a local boat called Bonnet which was originally built in 1830 and is one of the oldest gigs.
6th-7th May
We enjoyed a day on the island of St Martins before sailing home the following day. We had a relatively long journey mostly motoring. The autohelm kept cutting out and we seemed slower than usual.
