Gaia's adventures

Vessel Name: Gaia
Vessel Make/Model: Dehler 35 CWS
Hailing Port: Port Dinorwic
Crew: Mark Davies, Ian Cheek and Ged Tyrer
About: Three men in a boat and intending to aim it towards A Coruña.
04 August 2019
31 July 2019
31 July 2019
31 July 2019
29 July 2019
29 July 2019
29 July 2019
29 July 2019
28 July 2019
28 July 2019
27 July 2019
27 July 2019
27 July 2019
26 July 2019
24 July 2019
30 June 2019 | Royan
30 June 2019 | Royan
30 June 2019 | Royan
28 June 2019
28 June 2019
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04 August 2019

We did it

Apologies for late update.

31 July 2019

Jack Sound

Just gone through Jack Sound and Ramsey Sound in about an hour.

31 July 2019

31 July 2019

Off we go again.

We set off from Neyland at about 11am to come back to Port Dinorwic. We are planning to go through Jack Sound and Ramsey Sound which will be interesting.

29 July 2019

Bloody Neyland

Coming into Milford Haven is pretty challenging. Lots of lights and confusion. I managed to pilot us through all that and then managed to put us aground just outside the entrance.

29 July 2019

Milford Haven

The curse of head winds continues. The wind was from North East and set to get stronger. It looked unlikely we would make Bardsey for tomorrow morning’s tide and with a strengthening NE wind, crossing the bar Tuesday evening looks unlikely so we have turned around and are heading for Neyland marina [...]

Hendaye

28 June 2019
Mark Davies
I have given up putting positions on blog.
We came to Hendaye on Tuesday. Stunning beaches here.
Tim and Jayne came Wednesday and it has been awfully hot - about 40 degrees C yesterday.
Engine overheated again. I changed the impeller again but after finding no obvious cause and stripping the heat exchanger I have concluded it is just the warmer water and ambient temperature that is tipping the system. We will just have to run at lower revs.
This morning we are setting off to do an overnight to Royan at the mouth of the Gironde. Looks like we will be burning diesel.
Tracy is jumping ship and driving there in a hire car. Duncan and I will also jump ship at Royan.
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