A final, leisurely morning at QAB, following the Plymouth Festival of Sail, was spent sorting ship, re victualling and taking on water.
We took the tide and wind eastwards to Salcombe, crossing the bar on the early flood in benign conditions. There were no free moorings in the "Bag" so we motored further up and anchored peacefully, on the second attempt under "Stone Point" for a further rest.
This part of the cruise had started with several options, including the Scillies but the most likely forecast, suggested relatively light conditions suitable for Lyme Bay from the next day. To take full advantage we forewent a walk to the Sharpitor museum, for another time and rounded Start Point in a freshening north westerly.
By late afternoon, in a freshening northwesterly, we realised that we would not arrive at Teignmouth until 19:00 ish, by which time the tide would be less than half. A telephone call to the Harbour Master, reassured us that, despite the high pressure and the Shell Pilot's warning not to enter before half tide, there would be at least 1.6 m in the channel at low tide!
After a cracking beat past Torbay, we took all sail off outside and entered against the fast flowing ebb, in the remarkably narrow channel and found a suitable boat to raft to, on one of the two visitor's pontoons in the surprisingly sheltered and picturesque port.
In the morning we inflated the dinghy and motored ashore. We had a swim in the Lido, a coffee in the town and bought provisions. Having returned aboard, Julie returned to the Lido to collect David's telephone and also returned the Warren Bakery's mouldy rolls, that we had bought for lunch before finding many local bakeries in the town.
We still departed fairly near the top of the flood and back into Lyme Bay in the early afternoon.
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