Posts Tagged “England”

Friday will be the second day in Milford Haven waiting for the weather to break for the crossing to Arklow on the east coast of Ireland. The first day provided a welcome rest following the previous night passage from Falmouth. Yesterday was spent buying fresh food and getting on with a few repairs to the […]

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The next day we rounded Lands End bound for Milford Haven, a 133 NM overnight passage. We had planned to stop at Newlyn, a small fishing port just to the west of Penzance, but the weather situation was deteriorating. It would be better to round Lands End before we we became stormbound. The weather was […]

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After this easy first passage, and a good meal in the Ship Inn at Noss Mayo, the next day we made for Falmouth. We motored out of the river Yealm in light winds. The sails soon went up and the light south easterly wind behind, plus the tide in our favour, allowed us to sail […]

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Off at last! The day had arrived for our departure. Three of us left from Dartmouth on May 5th. David Lewis, Peter George and myself. Having spent the previous day finding places to stow last minute food stores we were finally leaving. We were waved off at 10am by my Bridget, my wife and my […]

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