Falmouth Stormy Weather

[LinTeal]

I am considering heading to Falmouth the latter part of June and accept that it will be packed ,with the likelihood of there being no marina berths or mooring buoys availalable.
Therefore it looks as though the only option will be to anchor which I am happy with assuming the weather holds.I have a Rocna anchor plus 50m of chain,so well set up .

However if very stormy weather comes along I would normally have the comfort of knowing I could take refuge if needs be in a marina or on a mooring ,which will not be available.

Would this concern you ?

 

[longjohnsilver]

I am considering heading to Falmouth the latter part of June and accept that it will be packed ,with the likelihood of there being no marina berths or mooring buoys availalable.
Therefore it looks as though the only option will be to anchor which I am happy with assuming the weather holds.I have a Rocna anchor plus 50m of chain,so well set up .

However if very stormy weather comes along I would normally have the comfort of knowing I could take refuge if needs be in a marina or on a mooring ,which will not be available.

Would this concern you ?

There are plenty of places up river to anchor, in addition to several large island pontoons either side of the King Harry ferry. We love it up there, and it’s our go to place if the weather takes a turn for the worse.
To answer your question, no it wouldn’t concern me at all.

 

[doug748]

Falmouth is huge and there are numerous grand river anchorages in fine shelter and the best holding, there are also a number of upriver moorings and pontoons.
Mark Fishwick tells the story of sitting out the tail end of a hurricane, near Tolverne Cottage, in perfect shelter.
Despite all the chat I would doubt if Falmouth will get fully packed in the way it is understood on the Solent. If it did, I can think of no safer place to be in bad weather anyway. No worries.

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[oldmanofthehills]

I am considering heading to Falmouth the latter part of June and accept that it will be packed ,with the likelihood of there being no marina berths or mooring buoys availalable.
Therefore it looks as though the only option will be to anchor which I am happy with assuming the weather holds.I have a Rocna anchor plus 50m of chain,so well set up .

However if very stormy weather comes along I would normally have the comfort of knowing I could take refuge if needs be in a marina or on a mooring ,which will not be available.

Would this concern you ?

There are pontoons and mooring all the way up to Mylor and then Malpas, which must be about 6 miles up. There are also numerous side creeks where you can anchor and even just off Falmouth town, though that is chargeable. So it should be of no concern at all. You might want charts for greater comfort anchoring in the upper side creeks rather than just sound in as in the old days.

 

[Sandy]

Would this concern you ?

No.

As many of the posters above have said Falmouth is huge.

The Rocna on the other hand...

 

[johnalison]

Falmouth is a nice town, but a few nights in the upper reaches of the Fal are something I always looked forward to. In the past we have been stuck there for nearly a week but it is very comfortable, and even sociable on the pontoons. I seem to remember that they even collect the rubbish.

 

[Blueboatman]

So many moorings in the Fal area !

In theory this summer everyone will be moving around like a game of musical chairs .

How you make enquiries of the various yards snd clubs a to who has left their mooring vacant for a fortnight .. is up to you !

Worst case-in a real bad forecast and nowt else I would if I really had to, head up a creek and lay the boat down on the ebb on mud. Real olde school wooden boating days of my yoof

 

[zoidberg]

Falmouth is a nice town, but a few nights in the upper reaches of the Fal are something I always looked forward to. In the past we have been stuck there for nearly a week but it is very comfortable, and even sociable on the pontoons. I seem to remember that they even collect the rubbish.

That stretch is 'owned' by Truro Harbour Authority and John A. ( with others ) is quite right. Should the V-pontoons be too busy, it is certainly possible to anchor in the river 'traditionally'. There's a decent pub with a landing further up at Malpas. Walk a steep mile east from King Harry Ferry ( just north of the chartlet ) and you come to the rather special 'Roseland Inn'.

Beware of getting stuck on Turnaware Bar - as many do. The ebb runs hard. That tripper boats zip back and forth across there doesn't mean you can.....

 

[C08]

Lots of place to find shelter up the river, even up to Truro. I once sat out an awful storm in the Rostronguet Creek past the Pandora Inn. A real Hurricane Hole!

 

[zoidberg]

That's nothing! I once sat out an awful storm in the Pandora Inn just beside Restronguet Creek. A real 'watering hole'....

 

[burgundyben]

Worst case-in a real bad forecast and nowt else I would if I really had to, head up a creek and lay the boat down on the ebb on mud. Real olde school wooden boating days of my yoof

People just dont do that kind of boating these days. More's the pity. All such good fun.

 

[Blueboatman]

Well, the mud is still around
We just .. don’t go there

 

[johnalison]

I wonder what happened to the strange cafe/bar on the corner by the pontoons. The chap there had a little museum of D-Day and other nauticalia, commemorating the US soldiers who were based and hidden there in '44. It is labelled on the maps as some boat charterers now.

 

[Bilgediver]

That stretch is 'owned' by Truro Harbour Authority and John A. ( with others ) is quite right. Should the V-pontoons be too busy, it is certainly possible to anchor in the river 'traditionally'. There's a decent pub with a landing further up at Malpas. Walk a steep mile east from King Harry Ferry ( just north of the chartlet ) and you come to the rather special 'Roseland Inn'.

Beware of getting stuck on Turnaware Bar - as many do. The ebb runs hard. That tripper boats zip back and forth across there doesn't mean you can.....

Just follow the trip boat and safe the track where he has cut a groove for later.

 

[longjohnsilver]

I wonder what happened to the strange cafe/bar on the corner by the pontoons. The chap there had a little museum of D-Day and other nauticalia, commemorating the US soldiers who were based and hidden there in '44. It is labelled on the maps as some boat charterers now.

Tolverne Cottage. Mr Newman retired, Tregothnan estates, the owners of the cottage, cleared away almost all of the artefacts and opened an up market cafe selling small over priced portions. It didn’t last long. The cottage is now lived in by someone who maintains the nearby moorings.