Today we plan to travel from the River Yealm to the Helford River near Falmouth. As you may be beginning to realise, we like the smaller friendly places rather than the major seaports. The Helford River is particularly beautiful and if you have read any books by Daphne Du Maurier then it will already be familiar to you. Jomima is able to reach 22 knots (25 mph) if we open the throttles right up. However, at that speed, we only manage 1 mpg (yes, one mile per gallon!). Fortunately, legally, we are able to use the pink diesel that the fishing boats use at ‘only’ 50 pence per litre. However, we are in no rush so today we travelled at 10 knots and achieved a whole 2 mpg. The sea was calm. There was virtually no wind and the sailors were using their ‘iron sails’ (engines) and all was well with the world – for us not them.
Thursday, 13 July 2006
At Sea
Today we plan to travel from the River Yealm to the Helford River near Falmouth. As you may be beginning to realise, we like the smaller friendly places rather than the major seaports. The Helford River is particularly beautiful and if you have read any books by Daphne Du Maurier then it will already be familiar to you. Jomima is able to reach 22 knots (25 mph) if we open the throttles right up. However, at that speed, we only manage 1 mpg (yes, one mile per gallon!). Fortunately, legally, we are able to use the pink diesel that the fishing boats use at ‘only’ 50 pence per litre. However, we are in no rush so today we travelled at 10 knots and achieved a whole 2 mpg. The sea was calm. There was virtually no wind and the sailors were using their ‘iron sails’ (engines) and all was well with the world – for us not them.