Early Morning in Salcombe

The passage back to Brixham involves passing around Start Point, which is a promontory that juts out into the English Channel. Today there was a spring tide. That means the journey could involve fast currents and a rough passage. We departed early in the morning to catch the last of the east going tide. We knew that wind against tide, particularly a spring tide, needs to be avoided at Start Point if you do not want everything in your boat, including you, thrown around like a cork in the surf! The weather forecast had predicted a southerly wind that would mean that it would be on our starboard side as we went past the lighthouse at Start Point and with us once we turned north towards Brixham. Unfortunately, the wind proved to be coming from the east and gave us yet another bumpy ride past Start Point with the windscreen wipers having to be used to counter the spray from the waves. Once we arrived in Torbay, the waves subsided and it was impossible to believe that only a few miles away the waves could be so rough.

This was journeys end for this holiday and all that remained was for us to wash the salt off Jomima and prepare for our road journey back to the Midlands.