Padstow to Newlyn - Saturday 9th July 2011 - Day 64
With most of the other yachts we left Padstow on the opening of the inner harbour gate and headed out into the bay, where the mainsail was hoisted at 11.15 as a steadying sail. Once round the headland we passed inside Trevose Head and the Quies Rocks. The swell and wind was still coming from a south westerly direction and the motion of the boat was not too our liking as we tried to maintain a decent speed with the engine running. By 14.00 we were passing Newquay two miles to the west and the surfers should of had a good day. The mainsail was dropped at 16.00 as it was not helping our progress. At 17.00 we passing the quarter of a mile off the jaggered The Stones rocks and you are then into St Ives Bay where this beautiful crescent sandy beach covers the bay.
To the south you come to the very imposing and rugged cliffs of the Pendeen Lighthouse where there still the old chimneys and engine houses of now disused tin mines, though one showed signs of presently still being worked. At 20.00 we were passing the Brison Rocks and Cape Cornwall before the legendery Longships Lighthouse came into view. It was getting dark as we passed a quarter of a mile outside this massive structure guarding the infamous rocks and Lands End. We were now round the corner as we went outside the Runnel Stones and up into Mounts Bay. By midnight we were off Tater-Du lighthouse as we ran into Penzance Bay and Newlyn harbour where luckily a chap was waiting to take our lines as he instructed us alongside another yacht Norwegian Blue. It was 01.30 when we completed our journey of 60 miles motoring all the way in an unkindly sea.
To the south you come to the very imposing and rugged cliffs of the Pendeen Lighthouse where there still the old chimneys and engine houses of now disused tin mines, though one showed signs of presently still being worked. At 20.00 we were passing the Brison Rocks and Cape Cornwall before the legendery Longships Lighthouse came into view. It was getting dark as we passed a quarter of a mile outside this massive structure guarding the infamous rocks and Lands End. We were now round the corner as we went outside the Runnel Stones and up into Mounts Bay. By midnight we were off Tater-Du lighthouse as we ran into Penzance Bay and Newlyn harbour where luckily a chap was waiting to take our lines as he instructed us alongside another yacht Norwegian Blue. It was 01.30 when we completed our journey of 60 miles motoring all the way in an unkindly sea. 
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