Category: Expeditions
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Departure to the Faroes is approaching soon
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 17, 18 and 19 – 29th June 2022 Position: Moored Ullapool, North West Scotland Wind: Calm. Sea condition: Calm. Weather: Sunny with Rain Showers You may be wondering why I am staying so long in Ullapool. The original idea of adding some extra time at various stop-over ports was to…
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Who needs a health and safety “Method Statement”
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 14, 15 and 16. 26th June 2022 Position: Mooring buoy Ullapool Harbour Wind: SE F4-5. Visibility: Good. Sea condition: Choppy in the harbour. Sunny spells Phil and I left the delights of Isle Martin on Friday morning and pottered into Ullapool. There are eight good strong blue visitor’s buoys in…
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Cracking progress!
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 13. 23rd June 2022 Position: Moored, Isle Martin Wind: SW F4-6. Visibility: Good. Sea condition: Moderate to Rough One of the drawbacks of sailing in Britain is that we need to use the tides, so we were up again at 05:05 GMT to catch the strong stream that runs through…
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And we are off!
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 10. 20th June 2022 Position: Anchored Ornsay, Isle of Skye Wind: W F3-5. Visibility: Good then mist and very poor. Sea condition: Slight then Moderate On Sunday evening Phil and I moved the boat to a vacant mooring so we could cast off early at 05:00 the following morning without…
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Saved by a beer
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 8. 18th June 2022 Position: Still in Dunstaffnage Wind westerly strong, showers. I know, I know, I’m meant to be recovering from Covid so why am I having a beer. To be honest, I haven’t really noticed any effect from Covid so I’ve just been keeping myself to myself and…
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I’ve got some positive news….
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 7. Friday 17th June 2022 Position: Still in Dunstaffnage Weather: Wet and windy morning but now the sun is breaking through ….but, it’s not good news. I suppose it was inevitable, but I have just tested positive for COVID and I’m beginning to feel not so good. Having said that,…
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Would you believe it!
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 5. 15th June 2022 Position: Dunstaffnage Dry and sunny – so far but those clouds tell a different story! After living through a couple of years of Covid ravished London, after travelling on the packed tube trains, after enjoying meals in busy London pubs and after shopping in crowded supermarkets,…
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A slight feeling of foreboding
Scoresby Sund Expedition – Day 3 13th June 2022 Dunstaffnage We packed the campervan on Saturday with too much “stuff” and drove to Yorkshire to meet Ray who will be crewing on the Greenland leg. Ray has been designated Chief Engineer and as the donker may be working overtime in Scoresby Sund, Ray could be…
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… just in time
09th June – Rotherhithe 2 days before the Scoresby Sund Expedition starts Despite being years in the planning I now find myself in a flurry of last minute panics. To be fair, we are only driving to Scotland tomorrow (via Yorkshire) so not exactly off the planet. If I need to buy some woolly underpants…
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It’s not just the boat you need to look after…..
30th May 2022 – Rotherhithe 11 days before the Scoresby Sund Expedition starts ..and I’m not even talking about the crew, what about ME! I often spot sailors lying under their yachts dry-sanding their antifouling without wearing a mask. Many of them are on tight schedules and work seven days a week and sometimes well…