Summer wildlife sightings....

We are keeping a log of all the wildlife sightings in Salcombe on our board in the shop but thought we'd publish them on here too......

16.6.09 basking shark and sunfish seen from Calypso off Soar Mill Cove
24.6.09 grey seal at Whitestrand
25.6.09 sunfish seen from Calypso near Starehole Bay
26.6.09 grey seal at Whitestrand
1.7.09 7 bottlenose dolphins at the Bar playing with Hobie Cat sailing boats
7.7.09 grey seal up the Bag
10.7.09 grey seal near Snapes point
25.7.09 sunfish at the Bar
31.7.09 Portugese man-o-war jellyfish near Whitestrand and by the lifeboat
9.8.09 grey seal at Hope Cove
18.8.09 sunfish at the Bar
19.8.09 five rare green sandpipers up Frogmore creek
27.8.09 grey seal by Marine Hotel in Salcombe, and one also spotted at Hope Cove.
5.9.09 harbour porpoise at sea spotted by Calypso passengers


If you see anything of interest, please do let us know and if necessary we can report the sightings to the relevant wildlife organisation.

What happens when.....

...boats land at Sunny Cove.

Rules are in place for a reason. The reason boats are not allowed to be landed at Sunny Cove or North Sands, is because boats will get swamped and you will either sink the boat or drown the engine. It is VERY dangerous so please don't ignore the rules. Three families have landed at Sunny Cove this August - one boat completely flipped, this one got swamped and damaged, and we managed to tow one away just in time thanks to warning from another local. It's not funny and it's not clever!!!

Sunny Cove is particularly dangerous because the beach is so steep - waves roll in and dump water in the boats rather than pushing boats further up the beach. So sinking is a major risk.

North Sands is a long shallow beach - but the angle waves roll in over the bar means they aim directly up North Sands, often creating a lot of surf. Therefore it's unsuitable for beaching.

We'd be grateful if you read the hire agreement thoroughly and listen to our briefings when hiring a boat, for your own safety and that of our boats and engines. Thank you.

Red Arrows and Harbour swim!!

On Sunday 9th August we were lucky enough to witness the Red Arrows who gave a fantastic display over the estuary!! The display lasted half an hour in which we saw an array of formations, each with a silly name. The whitestrand girls sang the Top Gun theme tune whilst watching the arrows fly what felt like only feet above them!!!

The following morning the team rallied together to go for an early morning swim across the estuary. The swimmers left Smalls cove and arrived at the yacht club. Very proud of the Whitestrand team who completed the swim in just under 10 minutes!!