Helford – what a treat!

I have spent three days and two nights up the Helford River.

There are seven creeks on the Helford; from west to east these are Ponsontuel Creek, Mawgan Creek, Polpenwith Creek, Polwheveral Creek, Frenchman's Creek, Port Navas Creek, and Gillan Creek.

I really, really love the place both at high and low tide. I spent the first night at anchor in the last bit of deep water just after the no anchoring signs

I towed the dinghy the eight miles across to the mouth of the Helford and sailed up with the tide - okay bounced up with the tide.

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Note the underwhelming KTL graphics on the bow

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I spent the time exploring the river system - although it is actually a Ria - using both the dinghy and the Centaur. At high tide in the Centaur I was sailing among the trees - then at low I would anchor the big boat and take off in the dinghy following the many channels among the mud banks.

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The birdlife is astonishing - the trees bring the woodland birds right down to the water's edge and the acres of mud - which is alive with inverterbrates - brings the sea birds right in among the trees.  Over the three days the light varied from dull as ditchwater with added rain to astonishingly beautiful.

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I spent one night at Tremayne Quay.

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It was built for a visit from Queen Victoria - but it was raining on the magic day of her arrival and she thought she would rather stay on board and drink tea.

Bit of a bumma for all those labourers who spent a whole year making the thing - but on the bright side they created a lovely place to spend the night.

 

 

This is about Dylan Winter's Blog, Sailing around Britain.

34 Responses to “Helford – what a treat!”

  1. 16 April, 2016 at 11:42 amApplejack Jim says:

    I think the boats in the mist shot is excellent, almost like a painting.

  2. 16 April, 2016 at 12:59 pmdylan winter says:

    Just lucky with the light – woke up and there it was

  3. 16 April, 2016 at 2:27 pmTed B. (Charging Rhino) says:

    The ‘river mist’ is wonderful, I saved as a screen-background. And the one from the quay of LilyM and her little brother is great.

  4. 16 April, 2016 at 7:44 pmdylan winter says:

    Blimey Ted – you are such a sentimental soul – bet you anthropomorphise boats. Reckon you thank yours after a sail.

  5. 16 April, 2016 at 9:30 pmPete Shep says:

    A while back, I did a bit of research into naval architect Nigel Warington Smyth. He served with the Royal Navy during World War Two, and for some time was based on the Helford river alongside his brother and father.

    Lieutenant-Commander Nigel Warington Smyth was involved with the operation of clandestine contacts with France, by sea. Among the activities of the Helford unit, Nigel, along with his brother Bevil, designed surf-boats of various types that could land on French beaches to extricate and repatriate downed allied airmen. The surf-boats were also deployed further afield to support the work of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and its agents.

  6. 16 April, 2016 at 9:47 pmjack says:

    Terrific photos Dylan, ever thought of making a career out of it ! Living the dream Mr W. ………….

  7. 16 April, 2016 at 10:11 pmdylan winter says:

    I confess I have never enjoyed my sailing as much as I do now

    – thanks chaps

  8. 16 April, 2016 at 10:35 pmdylan winter says:

    Sounds like a west country version of the Shetland Bus

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shetland_bus

  9. 17 April, 2016 at 1:50 amLiam says:

    Everyone has been taken with the ‘mist’ one, and rightly so – Turner would have been proud of it.

  10. 18 April, 2016 at 6:23 amPaul Mullings says:

    My word it still looks rather wintery, is Spring late again?

  11. 18 April, 2016 at 7:16 amdylan winter says:

    still getting frosts

  12. 18 April, 2016 at 12:16 pmWarren says:

    Well we had a little frost on Friday (eastern PA) and the radio says 81F today monday ( 28C in new money).
    So is that a late spring or early summer.
    The boats laid up all over the place still amazes me.
    W

  13. 18 April, 2016 at 12:59 pmdylan winter says:

    I think lots of blokes are not bothered about being afloat until mid may

    and I confess Jill would be that way too

    I am afraid my affliction is so much worse

    If I am ashore for a week then I get rather too twitchy

    then I have to dress up in six layers and load the duck punt for a sail/paddle of some sort

    D

  14. 18 April, 2016 at 5:41 pmColin H22 says:

    Lovely shots of the Helford, thanks. They sent me back to read the first few atmospheric pages of Frenchmans Creek by Daphne du Maurier. It’s well worth the short walk from Helford village upstream to Tremurlon, up Frenchmans Creek to Kestle if you get the chance. Did you take to the ground at Tremayne Quay, OK for a H22 bilge keel? Colin

  15. 18 April, 2016 at 5:59 pmdylan winter says:

    I did spend the night at the quay – but inadvertently chose a hole to drop the port keel into and was woken at 2 in the morning when the kettle fell off the Origo

  16. 21 April, 2016 at 1:24 pmAndy says:

    Lovely pics Dylan, it is a magical place. Stayed at a hotel there once and used the ferry to get around the creeks. Who wouldn’t want to live in that house by the water, my idea of bliss.

  17. 21 April, 2016 at 9:56 pmTed B. (Charging Rhino) says:

    How is sailing the Sweetpea? She has lovely lines even without a centerboard.

  18. 21 April, 2016 at 11:39 pmdylan winter says:

    she sails astonishingly well

    I am amazed

    and not having a centre plate gives me lots of room to lay down

  19. 22 April, 2016 at 2:31 amKeith says:

    Splendid. The misty mooring and the highlighted trees are of particular note. The ‘standing rigging’ on Sweet Pea appeals to me as well.

  20. 22 April, 2016 at 7:55 amdylan winter says:

    Bless you for noticing! I have brought the “shrouds” back to the thwart so I can tension them from my prone position. I lie down on a couple of pads in the bottom of the boat. All round I am very pleased with it. It will be a shame when I lose it or sink it or the scrotes take it one day in the future.

  21. 22 April, 2016 at 10:43 amAndy says:

    I probably missed it somewhere in your blog but do you know what design Sweet Pea is? I love it too, sweet lines. Andy

  22. 22 April, 2016 at 11:23 amdylan winter says:

    I was offered it for £100 from a bloke in the solent

    apparently some-one in Keyhaven spotted these local dinghies – wooden clinker – saw how well they tow and row

    he bought one, took a mold off it and there are now about 30 of them around

    the inside woodwork was pretty grotty

    it sails very well, rows a treat both forwards and backwards, tows amazingly well

    there are only two drawbacks – putting an engine on the stern makes it dig the transom – that little skeg robs it of bouyancy so I have to sit forwards but I have worked out how to steer with the oar while under power

    when you run it ashore then the skeg hits the bottom – which is great – but it is very wobbly when partly aground.

    all that aside …

    I think it looks rather pretty

    D

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