Intrepid Travels

Vessel Name: Intrepid Elk
Vessel Make/Model: Outremer catamaran 51
Hailing Port: Fremantle
Crew: Robert and Revle Elks
16 May 2017
06 October 2016
30 September 2016
22 September 2016
18 September 2016
17 September 2016
14 September 2016
13 September 2016
12 September 2016
10 September 2016
04 September 2016
01 September 2016
31 August 2016
30 August 2016
27 August 2016
24 August 2016
23 August 2016
21 August 2016
19 August 2016
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16 May 2017

Cherbourg encore

We are reunited with Intrepid Elk after a winter/summer separation and it is good to be home again. IE has had a facelift and her shiny white hulls are dazzling once more. She has a beautiful new bimini (shade cover) over the helm seat, which Robert designed and which was fabricated in Portsmouth and [...]

06 October 2016

IE preparation for winter

Our sailing days for this year are over and we are once again busy getting IE ready for a winter in the northern hemisphere. This year, she will be in the water for most of the time, with a short interlude on land in a large painting shed, where she will have her hulls painted. In order to get her into [...]

30 September 2016

Cherbourg, France

It was an inky black moonless night as we slipped out of the river and across the sand bar with fishing vessel Emma Louise behind us. Revle was on the bowsprit with a spotlight looking for hazards ahead. I was at the helm, peering at our chartplotter and concentrating on following our inward track. [...]

22 September 2016

Plymouth

We made a motoring passage of 35 miles to Plymouth Sound, then battled against strong currents up the Tamar River to an anchorage at West Mud where we spent a peaceful night. Plymouth has been a major naval base for centuries and we had some close encounters with modern navy ships in the harbour. We [...]

18 September 2016

Falmouth

Our passage to Falmouth took us past The Lizard, a projecting headland with a ferocious tidal race. We passed a little too close and got caught in the race which was too bumpy for comfort. Approaching the Falmouth harbour, we had the excitement of crossing our track from June 2015 when we made landfall [...]

17 September 2016

Newlyn

We left the Isles of Scilly early in the morning to catch a light northerly wind to Land's End and the fishing port of Newlyn, just south of Penzance. We couldn't believe our luck, having another gentle passage through one of the most treacherous and notorious waterways in northern Europe. We galloped [...]

Kalamata

10 June 2014
We arrived early at Kalamata into the peace of a really nice marina. Just what we need to catch up on correspondence, maintenance and cleaning. Poor Intrepid Elk was still bearing the scars of the Zakynthos blow and red dust storm.
We walked into Kalamata from the marina, through a beautiful long park with gardens, flowers, ponds and people out for walks in the sunshine. It also had to a magnificent collection of old and partly restored locomotives and train carriages. The northern end of the park led us to the commercial centre of the city. We caught the number 1 bus back to the marina which took us on a circuitous route of the city and local beaches. Revle has developed a habit of befriending all sorts of locals on the buses.
Days have been spent on overdue jobs such as tidying up and sorting the sail lockers, installing downpipes for our bimini rainwater run-off and boat cleaning. We have had German, French and English neighbours on our pier. It is always interesting to chat to fellow cruisers. As we work in the marina, the giant mountain rumbles its discontent with thunderclaps and rain nearly every afternoon. It has been a very pleasant land break in this fascinating city. We went to the local colourful markets and purchased fresh fruit and vegetables, olive oil, dried fruit and nuts. We had lunch at Kalamata’s most famous souvlaki kiosk (Zimmi’s).
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