Hi folks After a rough anchorage at Milford Haven, we crept into the marina at 7am when the locks opened and enjoyed catching up on our sleep. Next day was thick fog so we stayed over another night and awoke to much better weather the following day. We departed for the Scillies at 11am in bright sunshine. The wind had moved to the east and we had a fabulous sail broad reaching at up to 8 knots in much kinder seas. The wind died off in the evening and we moto...

This is the Captain speaking On this trip I have been reading "Two years before the mast by R H Dana Jr . In the book he describes sailing round Cape Horn in 1835 with clothes so frozen he couldn't move, scurvy, salt beef and mouldy bread and iron discipline etc so in comparison, this trip has really been quite pleasant! In the first week the winds were really unfavourable and we had a rough time in the Irish sea with headwinds and big seas. Good sailing to ...

Hi folks It is now the 5th of June and we are back in the UK - Milford Haven in Wales to be precise. The weather has not been kind to us so far and it feels like we are doing a winter cruise with the cold, strong winds and heavy seas we have been battling through. Our journey from Howth rates as one of the worst days 'sailing' in my life. We had to use the motor as the wind has been resolutely from the south (on the nose for us) and the sea was rough. The bo...

31st May 2005 Hi folks Well Hugh wasn't joking; he is still assembling the boat as we sail! We didn't manage to leave Rhu on the 28th as planned. The weather was particularly vile gusting 42 knots of wind and torrential rain. Karen, Carol & Malcolm, Jerry, Saartje, Saskia and Jack came through to see us off - and we spent the afternoon huddled in the cabin drinking wine and eating, then we waved our guests off. Sunday was a much better prospect and we...