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
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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.

Scotland beware, here we come.

05 July 2021 | Stranraer Marina
Ann and Steve Crome | Cloudy with some sun
So, when I last posted we were still in England at Maryport. Since then we sailed via Isle of Whithorn, and East Tarbet Bay in Scotland on the north coast of the Solway Firth then to Wig in Loch Ryan and now we are in Stranraer. The first three were at anchor and now we are in Stranraer Marina. All of the sailing has been downwind so the cruising chute has been up for as much time as there has been enough wind. Without it we would have had to motor the whole way, so it has started paying for itself big-time. The anchorages are really pretty and the seas have been calm, just what we need. Also what we needed was a decent 4G signal on Saturday evening. 4-0. Wow, when could we last say that! We stayed in Stranraer today against a weather forecast of rain all day and it's been sunny all day. Ho hum.... Never mind, lots of organisational things to do. Off to Troon tomorrow.

There have been a lot of very fit young men and women, some in wheelchairs, around the marina today. I discovered it's the Kayak for Heroes fundraising project (www.kayakforheroes,co,uk) stopping over on their way to John O'Groats. They left for Campbelltown a few hours ago. Photo shows paddler and support boat leaving Stranraer harbour.
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