Category: Expeditions
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A Rather Un-seamanlike Decision
Position Dunstaffnage Marina Gudrun and I decided to spend Monday in Tobermory and to get up very early Tuesday morning to sail the final leg down the Sound of Mull to Dunstaffnage. I had looked roughly at the weather on a grib file and it didn’t seem too bad. The weather on the harbour office…
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“I think that I shall never see,………..
Position N56,37 x W006,03 Wind: Who cares, we are snugged up in Tobermory! ….a poem as lovely as a tree”.Paul Robeson We arrived safely in Tobermory Harbour yesterday afternoon after a really fast down wind sail through the Sea of the Hebrides. Once we were safely tied to the visitors buoy we rowed ashore for…
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“Land Ahoy”
Position N56,41 x W006,41 Wind F4 Westerly rather unstable. Now we are sailing downwind through the Sea of theHebrides with Coll on our starboard bow. We hit some rough seas as the depth dropped from 1000m to about 100m but it is more peaceful now except for the occasional viscous squall which drives through with…
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Stretched Limos
Position N57,26 x W010,02 Wind force 6 southerly. Now we are under reefed staysail and two reefs in the main. She is in the groove banking a bit of south which may be useful if the wind veers at all. It is getting rather rough. Now I need to pump the bilge. It takes about…
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Sheepsheads
Position N57,59 x W011. Wind force 5 – 6 South easterly. Last night we had pasta with reindeer meat balls. At least we hope they were reindeer meat balls and not reindeers balls. Come to think of it the reindeer on the can did have a surprised expression on his face. As the journey nears…
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So far, so good!
Position N62,01.386 x W017,04.007. Wind SW Force 3. Sunny At last we were able to turn off the engine and hoist the genoa. We have been making 4 kn in the right direction through the night with 361 nm left to go before getting to St Kilda. Yesterday afternoon the topping lift chafed through and…
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Stop Press: Thembi almost home
Just received this great news from Thembi sent at 1944 on 7th August. They are 25nm off Ullapool and having Frey Bentos pies for diner. They will probably be ashore celebrating by now. Well done Thembi! Sent at 08.21GMT 8th August
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Any mechanics out there? Dan?
This gearbox doesn’t feel right. I wonder if I have damaged it with the 15 minutes of motoring with the lever in the wrong poition. It is fine now but when you engage gear it seems to have no thrust, getting 1.5 knots at half revs. If you rev it up it seems to solve…
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En Route to St Kilda
Position N63,03.7 x W019,25.85 We completed our chores on Sunday morning and Gudrun and I climbed up Heimaklettur, a spectacular hill over looking the harbour and the south coast of Iceland. The weather was perfect and the whole island was smiling. After a swim and hot tub we returned to Sumara to clear customs. This…
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Thembi News
Thembi are doing fine but a bit short on wind.Position N56,14 x W008,35. They were 90 nm off the Butt of Lewis on 6th August at 19:26. Their weekdays are not Monday, Tuesday etc but Curry, Pizza etc. So in Thembi time it was Pizza19:26. Quite a good system.