This week was quite relaxing, as we hopped around anchorages and hung around. After a couple nights in Helford after the passage from Dublin, we traveled the short distance to Falmouth. Although a quaint town, it quickly became obvious that it was mainly geared for tourists arriving on cruise ships, with dozens of little shops lining a single street, and not much else to speak for. The waters were also teeming with boaters and it felt a little like being on display at a zoo, with dozens of boats passing nearby and many even within just a few feet.

One thing I have really needed to adjust to is being flexible. As a creature of habit, this life is entirely dictated by the weather. Not just wind to go places, but sunlight to generate power as well. On sunny days, the large solar panel array brings in more than enough power for all of our needs, and we have to be opportunistic to not let it go to waste. Things like doing laundry, running the water maker, cooking, having Starlink on for internet, and charging electronic devices all use up a lot of power, a luxury we simply do not have on cloudy days.

While on the theme of learning to be more flexible, we were originally planning on making the jump to France Saturday afternoon, but rough weather the morning of put that plan on hold. The idea as of now is to leave Wednesday for Brest, France, a roughly 48 hour passage. Stay tuned for next week’s post to find out if we made it.

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