CRUISING
Our boat and
charter company
You-Go is a clean and tidy Bavaria
36. The sails were in good
condition and everything aboard
worked, though there were no wind
instruments or cockpit plotter. She
belongs to Cornish Cruising, which
runs the full range of RYA practical
and shore-based courses from its
base in Falmouth. It has 30 boats
for charter, ranging from a Westerly
Centaur to a Beneteau 52.
Weekly charter costs are £400-
£600 for the Centaur, £500-850 for
a Fulmar, Bavaria 32 or Contessa
32, £900-£1,500 for a Bavaria 36
or Sigma 362 and £2,100-£2,400
for a Bavaria 46.
Skippered charter of the
Beneteau 52 is around £5,000
per week.
Contact: Cornish Cruising
01326 211800
www.cornishcruising.com
Left: A short sail from Falmouth to the Helford River. Above: There are plenty of moorings in Fowey Harbour.
Inset above: The Bavaria 36 layout – three doubles, without using the saloon. Below: The King Harry car ferry
crosses the Fal by chain link, loomed over by several mothballed coasters.
there were plenty of visitor
moorings to choose from.
Again we felt compelled
to sample the beer ashore
and used the services of the
somewhat surly, cigar-smoking
water taxi man to avoid
pumping up the tender. At
£3.50 each return, we thought
the taxi a touch expensive.
On Wednesday, day three,
we set off at 0730 to plug 20+
miles back to Falmouth, dead you can cruise the Scillies, I agree it’s normally hotter, at Wait for baggage. Transfer
into wind, arriving at 1330. As about 60M away. least in high summer, but it to your resort. Putting aside
so often happens, a beat takes can be decidedly chilly early the question of travel time,
longer than anticipated, so we What about food? or late in the season. August is I find it increasingly tedious
ended up motorsailing, as the Experience has shown me often just too hot and sultry. If going through airport security,
crew had a train to catch. that in Greece you get Greek you want bikini weather, then having to take off my shoes so
food and in Turkey you get go to Greece or Turkey, but I they can check for explosives
Cornwall v The Turkish. It’s good, but limited. prefer English weather. and being made to throw away
Mediterranean In Falmouth you can have A Norwegian man once my brand new shower gel
The sailing. This is probably Turkish if you want it, but told me: “There is no such because the container is too
better, most of the time, in and you can also have Indian, thing as cold weather, only big. It hardly adds to the fun of
from Cornwall. Often the Chinese, Thai, Italian, Spanish, inappropriate clothing.” On a holiday, does it?
Med has either no wind or Nepalese, Caribbean and this trip in early May I wore
too much, whereas we have Japanese. Of course, there is only a T-shirt, chinos, fleece What's stopping you?
more days of F3, F4 or F5 plenty of English food too, and waterproof salopettes. If you haven’t cruised in the
– much more suitable for seafood and game being local West Country, I recommend
actual sailing. If you only want specialities. Next, consider the Travel it. There are so many places
to motor from port to port, beer. Is the bottled stuff of the To get to Cornwall, hop in to visit in Cornwall alone (you
then it’s probably best to stick Eastern Med really as nice as the car and drive. To get to could easily spend a few days
to Greece. cask ale? Turkey, hop in the car and just on the Fal) or you can cruise
In a one-week charter from drive to the airport. Park, the Scillies or NW France. I’m
Cornish Cruising you can get The weather probably off-site for economy. going back next year to sail to
to North Brittany with ease I know you’re going to say the Wait for the plane. Wait more, the Scillies. Let me know if you
– Roscoff is 94M away – or weather is better in the Med. because it’s probably late. Fly. want to come. ■
96 Sailing Today July 09
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