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Sunday,  left the berth at Glenarm at 0400 in order to catch enough north going tide to get through the North Channel before it turned.  Leaving in pitch dark made it tricky  avoiding the fish farm that occupies a large part of Glenarm Bay.  With a F4 SW to W wind I was doing average 6kts with tide andContinue reading “Wednesday 1st October”

Thursday, I depart Peel at first light in order to have a chance of reaching Glenarm by early evening, before dark and the tide turning.   Forecast is a F4 from SE and soon after leaving harbour I pick up the breeze on a dead run.   Once clear of Isle of Man the sea starts to build asContinue reading “Friday 26th September”

Sunday, arrived at Porthmadog slip at 1600 to be faced with severe current past SO on her mooring just below the bridge.   I reached the boat with the dinghy by paddling upstream close on the town side then drifting down with the current.  However the dinghy got tangled between the stern of SO and the mooring buoyContinue reading “Thursday 25th September”