The bad weather over the past few days has been causing chaos in the Islands, with disrupted transport links and alterations to local events.
On Saturday, the Scillonian will be forced to make a single late trip, and do a quick turn-around on St. Marys in order to get back to Penzance as soon as possible. The weather has already been a constant worry to travel operators in this week of sunny but windy conditions. At some points the winds were gusting up to Storm force in Scilly, which again disrupted domestic launches between the Islands.
The lifeboat was called out once and there were several daring rescues off the Islands by USAF and Royal Navy Helicopters. Friday night’s gig racing was also disrupted by the weather.