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 [...]

Stormbound

08 July 2023 | Port of Galway (still!)

Ann and Steve Crome | getting better

Here we are still in Galway after 2 weeks. Steve A joined us on Wednesday to go sailing and now it's Saturday and we're still in Galway. Winds up to gale force have been coming through this area since Thursday. But, things are looking up, we've passage planned to leave tomorrow and arrive in Kilrush on Tuesday ready to fly home Wednesday. We've hit the live music bars of Galway, hired a car again for a day and visited an interesting exhibition on Patrick Pearce, one of the 15 leaders of the 1916 rebellion executed for his involvement. Found a number of pretty villages on the way around Connemara. A much recommended area for a land holiday if anybody is considering a visit to Ireland.

Tomorrow we should see the Cliffs of Moher, this time from the sea. Photo shows them from the land. Need to remember to take one from the sea for comparison.

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