Cabin Cruisers & Square Riggers

The weather this week again has been indifferent and a planned trip on friends Nola and Brian's boat, Threshold, was always in jeopardy. However, on Saturday the weather was really good, with plenty of sun breaking through the rolling clouds.

Nola and Brian live on their boat during the summer months when they let out their house and the rest of the year they run the house as a B&B.

It was busy on Normandy pontoon at 11:00 on Saturday and we had to board Threshold from another boat moored there. We had a pleasant cruise up to The Bar and then turned round and made our way back into The Bag. During our cruise we passed by Woodcot, a house given to the town and now used as homes for older people in Salcombe and where our friend Jane has an apartment.

Following our cruise we moored up and spent the rest of day chatting, drinking and eating. The only interlude was when Hannah, our friends three-legged rescue dog, needed to go for a walk and was taken ashore by Nola and Brian in their inflatable. We had a great day and thank Nola and Brian for their generosity.

The next day was again a day of contrasting weather from the day before. We took Rufus for a walk in the afternoon and ended up in Salcombe. Through the mist we could see the square rigger pictured moored up opposite Cliff House with the crew up on the rigging stowing the sails.

As we said before Salcombe is always changing and it is always interesting to see the different ships and boats that come into the harbour.