Salcombe

The marina in Plymouth is situated on the edge of the town, behind a lock gate, well inside the very large expanse of Plymouth Harbour. As a result, when you decide to travel from Plymouth to Salcombe, you do not actually know what the sea state is going to be like until you have completed about 20% of the journey! Today, it was towards the boundary of what is acceptable to us i.e. a force 4 wind producing white caps on some of the waves. However we knew that the tide was slackening and conditions should improve; so we persevered. Arriving in Salcombe, after an uncomfortable journey, proved to be a pleasure as usual. There are no marinas in Salcombe and you have to moor to a buoy or floating pontoon – all of which were already occupied. We therefore chose to moor on a buoy that already had two motor boats attached to it. It is usually good form to moor against a similar size and shape of boat. The two motor boats, at 50 feet long, were considerably larger than Jomima. I therefore had to dig out the longest rope that we posses to even reach the mooring buoy! However, the view of the town and the fun of watching the various sizes of craft pottering around the harbour made the effort worthwhile.