China Girl, UK Circumnavigation - Year 6

Vessel Name: China Girl
Vessel Make/Model: Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 41DS
Hailing Port: Ipswich
Crew: Ann and Steve Crome
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05 September 2024 | Castle of May
26 August 2024 | Wick Marina
26 August 2024 | Wick Marina
26 August 2024 | Wick Marina
17 August 2024 | Wyre Sound between Rousay and Wyre
02 August 2024 | Pierowall Marina, Westray, Orkneys.
25 July 2024 | St Margaret's Hope Bay
21 July 2024 | Stromness marina
21 July 2024 | Stromness
28 June 2024 | Stornoway inner marina
18 June 2024 | S Harris Marina, Tarbert, Harris, Outer Hebrides
12 June 2024 | Loch Dunvegan near the castle
02 June 2024 | Arinogour on Coll
02 June 2024 | Arinogour on Coll
30 May 2024 | Kerrera Marina, Oban Bay
26 September 2023 | Troon Yacht Haven
26 September 2023
Recent Blog Posts
05 September 2024

Inverness and home

From Cromarty to Inverness, CG's winter home was only 17 miles, the wind was very light, we got 10 minutes of sailing in our last trip of the season but essentially it was a motoring day.

05 September 2024

Cromarthy firth

This is the view from CG looking the other way in Cromarty Firth. No so good.

05 September 2024

Off to Cromarty

Wick to Cromarty in our passage plan was 55 miles, mostly on a heading of about 220 (SSW). The wind had been south-westerly for days and we didn't fancy a 55 mile beat so we delayed and watched the weather like hawks. Eventually a day of Westerlies, not too strong was forecast so we went for it. We [...]

05 September 2024 | Castle of May

Castle of May

Dunrobin Castle and Castle May are both well worth the visit if you are ever up that way. The latter has been kept just as HM The Queen Mother left it the last time she visited in 2001. The lady that introduced us to the castle had been working there since she was a child, she was probably in her 70s. [...]

26 August 2024 | Wick Marina

Bye Bye Orkney

It's time to leave Orkney and head south back to mainland Scotland on our way to our winter base in Inverness. Landfall on the mainland will be Wick. Much thought and head scratching has gone in to this trip: timing, distance, tides and mostly the sodding weather. Perm all these. From where we are [...]

26 August 2024 | Wick Marina

Washing the outboard

From Calf sound a 2 hour trip on the motor to Whitehall in Papa Sound on the northern end of Stronsay. It was mostly upwind and we couldn't be bothered to tack all the way. Two nights on a visitors buoy and a look around the village.

Chichester Harbour to Southsea Marina

13 May 2019 | Southsea Marina.
Ann and Steve Crome | Sitting in the cockpit weather at last.
Spent a pleasant several hours at anchor in Chichester harbour sat/Sun and found ourselves forming an obstruction in several dinghy races (photo), with the dinghies missing us by inches as the fought for position.

Lovely meal for Ann's birthday in The Ship Inn, Itchinor. Outside needs a coat of paint but the inside is fine and the food and service excellent.

Short but great sail from the harbour to Southsea marina yesterday afternoon. Alarams in the entrance channel; the chart says a green buoy (leave to starboard) the plotter says it's a red buoy (leave to port) and the buoy itself, actually a post, is black. We're heading straight for it going aaarrgghh, which side do we go? No depgh on the wrong side. Nice man in a motor boat pointed the way in the nick of time. Motor boats have some uses.

Today should have been a trip up the Spinnaker Tower this morning and HMS Victory this afternoon. Got to the tower to be told the lifts were being serviced and we would have to walk up. 500 steps, I don't think so. Why could they not have put a warning on the website. Victory was great, extremely interesting.

Bembridge tomorrow, 0630 start to catch the tide gate.
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