Sailing tours on the River Fal, Cornwall
The River Fal is an enchanting river, with steep densely wooded banks along most of its length. Although not wide, it is very deep in parts allowing large ships to sometimes moor within or navigate to Truro for cargo.
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Drifter spent winter 2018/19 alongside the historic quayside at Truro. This wonderful small city is the capital of Cornwall and is approx 9 miles from the sea. To get here we sailed from Falmouth, across the Carrick Roads and into the River Fal. This then leads onto the Truro River of which the City is the limit of navigation.
As well as being a beautiful place for visitors to explore, the River Fal has also always been a place of commerce. It is difficult to imagine that this enchanting and seemingly unspoilt river, with its steep sided densely wooded banks has ever seen any industry at all over the last few centuries, but it has and is still supporting commercial activity.
In bygone days the river was used by ships to access quays for loading produce from the tin, copper and clay industries on which the adjacent estates of Tregothnan and Trelissick drew their wealth. Continue reading “Oysters and ships!”
The River Fal is a place of highs and lows. Not in the emotional sense, but in a very visual and physical sense. The twice daily tides altering the picturesque shorelines of this unspoiled river always give us an excited anticipation of what will be revealed or hidden depending on the hour of the day.
The forecast is for sun and light breezes. Our passengers, a family of four on holiday in the area, join us at Falmouth Marina. We don’t hesitate to leave the dock and within minutes we are under sail in Falmouth harbour. We have set our mainsail and foresail, and lower a leeboard into the water. We are moving along nicely and the engine is switched off.
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