Well its been a while since I blogged so here goes again! Nigel and Sharron drove down to Falmouth to join us for a long weekend, without the children, so they were hoping for a rest! Wrong! They arrive and find that the Paul Jones they know has had a brain transplant and has Rowena at anchor in Falmouth harbour and he's not even on her!! Then they find they have to sleep the night at anchor! It all goes well though and the next morning we move to the Helford River and pick up a buoy, another first for the Beestons, and on top of that we make them visit a garden, Trebah Garden, not a normal day out for them!

After that we set off for Penzance and the power boat racing that is on for the weekend. We can not get into Penzance Harbour until 10pm so anchor off Mullion for the afternoon. There is a lovely little beach we can see so set off in the little dinghy with all the barbecue stuff. As we get nearer we can see a few waves and end up surfing onto the beach! Only a few things get wet, Nigel, the barbecue and Sammy. As we are waiting for the barbecue to heat up we start counting the waves to ensure we get it right when we leave. After an hour and half the barbecue is still cold and we are worrying about the waves that are coming from all directions onto the beach so we decide to leave. We forget all about counting the waves and set off, the first wave breaks right on the little dinghy and Sharron and I get soaked, the dogs get soaked and the men get soaked, the dinghy rides the second wave right up in the air, Sharron and I are rowing like mad, but not getting very far and Nigel is trying to start the engine, everything in the dinghy is floating! We end up cooking the barbecue food on Rowena as we motor to Penzance, the sea is like a mirror, all the waves must be in our little bay!

Penzance Harbour is a revalation for the Beestons as well. We walk along the prom to see the racing out to sea and all the great unwashed british public are there, we all wonder what the world is coming to when we see some of the states walking around. We then move onto the pitstops to see the boats being craned out of the water, one team, The Fuel Girls, gives rise to a number of discussions!

We leave Penzance at 12 on Sunday with an east wind blowing, a word of advice never go around the Lizard with an east wind. Any way we are stuck up top on Rowena unable to get down the ladder for 4 hours until we get into Falmouth. Nigel and Sharron get into their car and drive home! They need another holiday now!

After the Beestons had left us we decided to go across to St Mawes, shock horror one engine refused to start, Paul had been admiring some Nordhavens that where moored by us, and I think she knew! After an hour Paul found a little switch that he did not know about, pressed it and lo and behold the engine started!

We are now on a buoy the weather is glorious, the sea is calm and the views are wonderful, we spend the day on the beach and have a lovely relaxing day!