China Girl, UK Circumnavigation - Year 5

From Bangor we need to get to Troon, CG's home for the winter. The weather is doing its best to stop us. Even at this late stage we had a few doubts about making it. It's spot the weather window again. Ray arrived on the 20th, a window opened up on the 21st to get to Glenarm, just up the NI coast [...]

26 September 2023 | Troon Yacht Haven

More rain.... Arrival of crew

Lots of rain in Strangford Lough. We arrived on the 14th, 15th we sat on the boat and watched the rain all day, did nothing, went nowhere. 16th we managed a quick hop from Ballydorn on the southern coast to Kircubbin on the north coast, about a 3 h trip sailing on the jib. A quick look around the village [...]

15 September 2023 | Ballydorn in Strangford Lough, county Down

From fog to rain

Carrying straight on from the last post. Dun Laoghaire to Skerries was 4 hours on the motor in winds up to only 7 kts, but at least it was dry. Since then our weather luck has changed. Skerries to Carlingford, 6 hours on the motor in rain. Carlingford marina has a very narrow entrance, so much so [...]

15 September 2023 | Ballydorn in Strangford Lough, county Down

Time Flies

Just found the time for an update, thinking the last had been about a week ago, only to find it's been nearly two weeks. Sorry folks. We've only moved CG five times, from Arklow to Dun Laoghaire (pron Leary) to Skerries to Carlingford lough to Ardglass to Strangford lough, 112 miles in all. The trip [...]

04 September 2023 | Arklow

Around the final corner

We left Kilmore Quay on the 2nd September to nip around Carnsore Point to anchor in Rosslare bay. The point is the end of the south coast for us and the start of the trip up the east coast to complete our circumnavigation. 3.5 hours mostly on the engine in little wind but a half hour sail towards the [...]

Benidorm

04 June 2019 | Dartmouth

Ann and Steve Crome

...well actually just Torquay,but walk along the wrong street and you might think otherwise. Ever been to Benidorm? We stopped there briefly while on our way along he coat many decades ago; definitely not our style. Bits of Torquayare so similar, rows of bars frequented (this was Saturday evening) by nobody over thirty mostly drinking lager out of the bottle. You get the picture? Maybe it loats your boat, we did not let it sink ours.

The other end of Torquay was much more to our taste., pretty park for a picnic lunch and a sandy beach (when the tide is out). 1 and 2 June was Torbay airshow.
We did not know this when we planned our dates, we just turned up into the middle of it
on Saturday. We were too late to see anything so we went out and anchored in the Bay on Sunday. Weather was rubbish, very low cloud and it was called off! Bummer.

There was a seal in the marina eating its lunch, a fish about 20 cm long. There may be a picture when we can find a wifi connection good enough to upload the pictures.

Then off to Dartmouth where we are now moored on the town pontoon. Ann has discovered a Mitchell Tonks fish restaurant and we are booked in for dinner. She has his fish recipe book. Should be a lovely evening.

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