There was a queue of sailboats forming already several miles before St Peter Port. It seemed that stories about the town’s marina being fully packed during the high season were true after all. The final half a mile it was
Almost to the date two years ago we departed from Cherbourg in France to Isle of Wight in the UK. Now 2475 nautical miles later we are ready to cross the English Channel again on the other way back to
From Falmouth our journey continued east towards Salcombe. The tide was still favourable, so the 54-mile leg passed quickly. When arriving to the Salcombe inlet, at first it looks like arriving to a huge estuary. However there are no major
All the pilot books warn about the headlands in the English Channel. The tidal currents are strong and in the wind against the tide situations there can be quite rough seas. We had experienced this already in southeastern corner of
The Isles of Scilly were just as great as we expected. They were definitely the highlight of the summer. The Isles of Scilly consist of 10 small islands spread over the area of 5 x 8 miles. The islands are
In front of us we had the longest sail of this summer, the crossing of the Celtic sea that is 140 nautical miles from Kinsale to the Isles of Scilly. The strong winds should had to end on Monday morning
The phone rang and we received a notification that the batteries and an electrician will arrive to Kinsale in 20 minutes. We were still swaying in the Sandycove anchorage thus we quickly weighed the anchor and turned the bow towards
On the way from Crosshaven to Kinsale we got a call that our batteries would arrive not until Thursday to Kinsale. Thus we decided to put the hook down and enjoy the summer; after all we have not done much
One of our main destinations in Ireland was Crosshaven in Cork. We just had to visit the harbour of the oldest yacht club in the world. Royal Cork Yacht Club has reached a respectable age as it is established in
During the following 86 miles we had quite an adventure. The forecast showed 15 knots wind from the northeast that should increase to 20 knots. Our plan was to pass the southeast corner of Ireland before the wind would increase.
