Falmouth - Sea Shanty Festival

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We had a gentle sail under the genoa from St Mawes to Falmouth and then began preparations for the long awaited Sea Shanty Festival.  It's been 2 years since this event has taken place due to Covid and the Tars are still feeling a bit rusty from the lack of performances.

Doug practiced his tunes while I went ashore in search of some charts we will need for our journey northwards.  Then we took the afternoon off and visited the National Nautical Museum.

View of the harbour from the Nautical Museum tower

We enjoyed the lovely sunny weather as we cleaned the boat, did some laundry and awaited the arrival of our temporary guests and fellow Tars members, Bruce and Carol Horner.

Breakfast on deck at the anchorage in Falmouth (including newly baked bread)

On Friday afternoon, we moved across to Port Pendennis Marina for a Tars song practice along with boat-baked scones, clotted cream and Bruce and Carol's home-grown strawberries.  Then it was full steam ahead with the Tar's performances at the Sea Shanty Festival!

The Tavy Tars performing at the the Grapes Ales House on Saturday afternoon

Some extremely windy weather blowing through

We retired back the boat on Saturday afternoon to allow a bit of nasty weather to move past and then it was off to the Tars' final gig at the Church Street Stage.  

BUT! the festival organisers decided it was too windy for any of the outdoor performances to take place - so that was the end for the Tars' shanty festival for this year.  
A bit of a blow but we had a very enjoyable dinner together in the Italian restaurant, Pomodoro before we said our goodbyes to each other.

Tomorrow morning, we become a sailing vessel once more and start our voyages that will lead us to Scotland (weather permitting)!









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