Author: Margaret Pendzich
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4 weeks later. . .
It’s been almost a month since my last post and we’ve been all over the place. In a nutshell, we went home Chapel Hill NC and spent two days. We grabbed John, our eldest son, and flew to Denver for my nephew Peter’s wedding to Beth. It was held at Keystone Ski Resort and the…
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On the Hard
We docked Flight in Gosport Marina for a few days in advance of her haulout to begin preparing her to spend the winter “on the hard” or in a cradle on land. We compiled a huge list of tasks and began knocking them out one-by-one. We emptied the chain from the anchor locker and I…
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Back to the Solent
We had another 5 am wakeup to catch the wind and tides through The Needles, a narrow and shallow passage past the western tip of the Isle of Wight and the southern coast of England. The Needles can be gnarly if the wind and tides are going in opposite directions, but we planned our passage…
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Fowey to Dartmouth to Portland
Fowey to Dartmouth to Portland When we stopped at Fowey in June on our way west, the weather was very unsettled and our dinghy outboard was not working, so we didn’t end up getting to go to shore. On this stop, we dinghyed ashore to wander the narrow streets and peruse the shops. We stopped…
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Sailing South
The next morning, we said farewell to Scotland and headed towards Rathlin Island off the northern tip of Ireland.
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Puilladobhrain to the Fairy Isles to Port Ellen
We had a rollicking good sail from Puilladohbran heading south. We time the tides and currents perfectly and between a very stiff breeze and the currents pulling us along we were doing a little over 10 knots at one point. We sailed over some areas known for serious title currents move in between the islands…
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Heading South
We hit our northernmost point in Scotland with our visit to Mallaig and trip to Skye. 46.5 nm tacking. 26.4 nm direct
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Loch Moidart to Inverie
I lost track of the number of days that we hung out on anchor in Loch Moidart – 4 or 5 days? It does not really matter because we were safe, warm, well fed and had plenty of fuel and water in our tanks. I took advantage of the downtime to bake a loaf of…
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Cruising with a Friend
Loch a Choire was lovely, so lovely in fact that we decided to spend two nights there rather than just one. We spent yesterday learning more about the boat and delving in to some of the systems that we had not extensively studied. We also hopped in the dinghy and paddled ashore to hike up…