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Weather window opens for Tuesday?
The block is still on with almost no movement of any kind from west to east and the lows are still rotating about the Bay of Biscay. However, they are more widely spaced now and so there are gaps in the weather that I intend to use. It is still not a done deal. I won’t be able to determine just how long the gap and so it will require caution but all the indicators are for the wind to drop to F3-4 and sea state to slight tomorrow, Tuesday. It might pick up again on Wednesday as the next low in the rotation comes by though.
So, the plan is for a Tuesday departure. With an easterly wind I really want to an ebb tide so avoiding wind over tide but high tide isn’t until about 11am and that would be a bit late to set out. I will accept a couple of hours of wind over tide at the start of the journey to give me a fair tide for the bulk of the trip and so a 9am departure sounds good.
I am not concerned if the conditions are not ideal for this leg. There are good bolt holes along the way and instead of taking the direct route from Rame Head to The Lizard I will stay more inland and make the decision to continue in stages based on actual conditions. I can always stop at Fowey or Falmouth if it doesn’t look good.
I will post another weather assessment tomorrow morning after the issue of the Inshore Forecast and make the decision to go or not then.
