With huge spring tides a major factor and 60-knot winds as Hercules hit on Monday morning, we heard from local sailor Ian Black that The Bluff was off-the-scale and pretty much un-sailable.
At this point we were an hour away and pretty much committed to sailing somewhere on the north coast of Cornwall or Devon. Apparently Blacky, Andy Fawcett, Harvey Dawkins and a few others had made it in for an hour on the high tide, but none of them had barely ridden a wave and were all glad to make it back to the beach in one piece.
Bearing that in mind, we made a huge call to head up the coast to Lynmouth, a sheltered point break that promised clean waves, cross-off wind and down-the -line perfection.
Without paying too much attention to any maps we set off in convoy with Timo Mullen leading the line, myself and Ross Williams in the second wagon and Chris Murray ‘Muzza’ bringing up the rear.
