Scillypete
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So don’t waste time sailing out here just yet 
Scilly is still closed to visitors
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longjohnsilver
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Some difficult decisions to be made on Scilly. Is it still the case that the islands are still virus free?
FlyingGoose
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Devil in the detail , no moorings available and they use the word request which seems they have no authority to stop you anchoring off, but responsible behaviour is always the best way.
Scillypete
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No cases as yet
Scillypete
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Don’t try stepping ashore on one of the off islands you may be repulsed by a dad’s army with pitchforks, they’re feeling a bit defensive at this time
LittleSister
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Let's hope that no-one retaliates with pitchforks should any islanders need to go to hospital on the mainland.
laika
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Let's hope that no-one retaliates with pitchforks should any islanders need to go to hospital on the mainland.
I understand that all the cornish pitchforks have been sent to the banks of the Tamar so scillonians might just be able to sneak in unmolested
SiteSurfer
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We were planning our “big trip” this year and the Isles of Scilly was our top choice, I do hope that you folks can avoid infection and that yotties respect the guidance, and hope to be able to visit once we have the all clear
JumbleDuck
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Thereby significantly reducing the pressure on Derriford Hospital in Plymouth.
longjohnsilver
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That’s in Devon.
Stemar
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That notice seems entirely sensible in the light of the current guidelines. If you're taking a yacht to the Scillies, it ain't for lunch and home to the mainland before dark.
I presume that if someone turns up last stop Barbados or the Azores, they'll get a place, but that Covid 40 on a jaunt from Falmouth is, and should be, another matter.
I presume that if someone turns up last stop Barbados or the Azores, they'll get a place, but that Covid 40 on a jaunt from Falmouth is, and should be, another matter.
Koeketiene
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ISLES OF SCILLY
Status: Emergency only
Harbor Master St. Mary’s: +44 (0)1720 422768, E-mail: hm@stmarys-harbour.co.uk, VHF Ch. 14, Duchy of Cornwall St Mary's Harbour
Status: Emergency only
- The archipelago of the Isles of Scilly has declared a State of Emergency and as part of the UK is in ‘Lockdown’. The port of St. Mary’s harbormaster has confirmed that as a Harbor of Refuge a visiting craft that was in need of shelter, essential supplies or urgent medical help would not be turned away.
- They would not however be allowed to land.
Harbor Master St. Mary’s: +44 (0)1720 422768, E-mail: hm@stmarys-harbour.co.uk, VHF Ch. 14, Duchy of Cornwall St Mary's Harbour
JumbleDuck
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Yes, that's my point.That’s in Devon.
longjohnsilver
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Odd using the American spelling of harbour not once but twice.
longjohnsilver
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Ah, I guess it’s not advice from IoS HM but from an American website. Doh!
Koeketiene
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oldmanofthehills
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That’s in Devon.
Derriford, Plymouth is the major hospital for E Cornwall.
Boathook
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Notice invalid then.
longjohnsilver
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If you’d have carried on reading you’d have seen it wasn’t a notice but part of a post from a USA based website. Hence the spelling of harbor. Unfortunately on an iPhone I can’t edit posts.
Seven Spades
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How many years are the people of Scilly prepared to live in isolation with nil visits to the mainland and no tourists? There is no vaccine against this virus so at some point the islands we have to be exposed to it and get through it. The difference is that now we have government support, in 12 months when all government support is gone what are the islands going to do? Is there a plan?
