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 [...]

Syndicate falls

14 January 2015
This week has been incredibly wet! We have watched the squalls approach over the mountains and whip across the bay, bringing strong winds and huge downfalls which have filled our water tanks and cooled the air temporarily. Despite the rain, we have been out and about, exploring Portsmouth on foot and following walks described by Martin but requiring a certain amount of sleuthing to follow! Along the way we have had chance encounters with locals who have added colour to the journey with their cheerful conversation and philosophy of life.
Today we ventured further afield, this time with Paul as our driver and guide. As we drove out of Portsmouth, Paul entertained us with stories of some famous locals such as 'Mike on the bike', a stunt artist who has built a pink house of shells and stonework that looks like Dolly Parton's wedding cake! The drive took us into the Northern Forest Reserve and then Morne Diablotins National Park. We left the van and ploughed through thick mud and down into the valley until we reached the thundering falls where the water cascades down a drop of 15m or more. We were quite alone.
We returned along the coast road, where Paul took us to see the tiny fishing village of Dublanc, where the street is the same width as a car, with storm drains either side! We stopped to watch the midday catch being loaded into ice chests on the back of a ute, ready for sale across the island, before returning to base.
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