We departed Dartmouth at 07.30 before the town had awoken. A cruise ship had crept in early morning, but apart from the harbour team setting up a jetty to welcome the visitors there was little other than evidence of activity. Even all the ferries were moored up.
We quietly slipped past all the houses with their mini castles at the waters edge and out on to the sea. There was a breeze! Directly behind us, but was able to sail goose winged almost to Start Point. We turned the corner and sailed past Salcome before the wind died again. We passed a long distance rowing boat in which 4 ladies will be rowing the Atlantic in December to raise awareness of mental heath. https://oceanempower.com We had decided to go into the River Yealm. As you approach it looks like a blind cove surrounded with cliffs. Leading marks on the hill side lead you in and two red buoys led you past a bar. Past the buoys is a sheltered cove and being a sunny Sunday afternoon was full of anchored boats with dinghies nd paddle boards everywhere. Once we had picked our way through them we entered the narrow river with its steep cliff sides covered with grass and trees, and multiple moorings either side of the channel. Three boarders didn’t seem to grasp the concept that we needed to follow the marked channel. Only as we crept closer did they realise that we had nowhere else to go and got out of our way. The visitor buoys and first visitor pontoon were full but the harbour launch told us to continue on and the next pontoon had space for us to moor at Newton Ferrers. I would say the River Yealm is the most beautiful location I have ever taken the boat to. Whilst on the pontoon the same rowing boat that we passed off Salcombe came on to the pontoon by us and told us about their challenge. Somewhat surprisingly, they wanted to know about our trip. We took the Electric water taxi to Nos Mayo for some refreshment.
More pictures to follow.
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Hi all, thanks for the commentary Dave, appreciated. Love this latest port in the River Yealm. Looks a hidden treasure. I assume Nick still with you and Michael. Can’t imagine the two of them have not uttered a ‘quip’ or two worth recording and passing on to the followers. Look forward to the rest of the trip. regards John