Fr J Hackett
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Without wishing to offend those who sail and live in North Wales and the Menai area but it will. "the sights of the Menai Straits"
From Normandie to Ireland
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dunedin
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Menai Suspension Bridge - WikipediaWithout wishing to offend those who sail and live in North Wales and the Menai area but it will. "the sights of the Menai Straits"
Caernarfon Castle - Wikipedia
Fr J Hackett
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It's a bridge although supposedly important is not particularly unique except in being the first " major" suspension bridge. If it's spectacular suspension bridges your after then the Clifton Suspension Bridge is much better.
Nessy
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Good Evening all together!
Many thanks for all your good advices! I‘ m very happy to get so many competent information.
This helps us very much in our further trip planing.
Please, if I write with my „German English“ complete nonsense, give me some help to improve my communication.
But until now it seems that you can understand my „babble“.
Cordially!
Stefan
Many thanks for all your good advices! I‘ m very happy to get so many competent information.
This helps us very much in our further trip planing.
Please, if I write with my „German English“ complete nonsense, give me some help to improve my communication.
But until now it seems that you can understand my „babble“.
Cordially!
Stefan
Nessy
Member
To your thoughts about the planned route.
2022 we advanced along the English South Coast until the Isles of Scilly.
Very nice trip, also the way back to IOW, and nearly 6 weeks in Yarmouth, Lymington, Bucklers Hard, Gosport.
Reading the pilot books the wish arouse to push on to Padstow, Bristol Channel, Anglesey, Menai Strait, Liverpool, IOM, Dublin, Belfast, Bangor
Port Ellen, Crinan Canal, Caledonian Canal to Inverness and back to Normandy in comfort.
So far in theory. My multifunctional crew that I have married and which I’m most time happy with has a mental problem with wet and cold weather and is not yet seriousöy motivated.
I hope I can collect some arguments to increase her enthusiasm here in the forums.
Searching for the geographical highlights along the Welsh, Scottish and Irisch coasts I found the Menai Strait, therefore the interest for this passage.
Cordially! Stefan
2022 we advanced along the English South Coast until the Isles of Scilly.
Very nice trip, also the way back to IOW, and nearly 6 weeks in Yarmouth, Lymington, Bucklers Hard, Gosport.
Reading the pilot books the wish arouse to push on to Padstow, Bristol Channel, Anglesey, Menai Strait, Liverpool, IOM, Dublin, Belfast, Bangor
Port Ellen, Crinan Canal, Caledonian Canal to Inverness and back to Normandy in comfort.
So far in theory. My multifunctional crew that I have married and which I’m most time happy with has a mental problem with wet and cold weather and is not yet seriousöy motivated.
I hope I can collect some arguments to increase her enthusiasm here in the forums.
Searching for the geographical highlights along the Welsh, Scottish and Irisch coasts I found the Menai Strait, therefore the interest for this passage.
Cordially! Stefan
Greg2
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Your English is good and undoubtedly far better than most of us would be writing in German! As an aside our daughter did German at Uni and studied for a year in Trier.
On your other post about places to visit in N. Ireland I would be thinking about Carlingford Lough (the border runs up the middle of the Louth), Strangford Lough (very strong ebb tides), Belfast Lough (Bangor probably the nicest but Carrickfergus also has a marina), Belfast and then north along the delightful Antrim Coast to Ballycastle, possibly calling at Glenarm if there is room (small marina/harbour) and anchoring or picking up a buoy at Cushendall if it is calm (Redbay boats might be able to advise as they build and launch boats there regularly). Rathlin Island has a marina and from there you can hop across Islay and the Scottish coast.
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Nessy
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Hi Greg2!
Thanks you for your encouraging words and the good advice!
I will have a look to the pilots.
Stefan
rotrax
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Hi Nessy,
Ich bin ein Speedway und Langbahrn Fahrer in Deutchland! Sehr gutte.
I also speak very little German, but I am very familiar with the trip you wish to make. Your English is very good, you have no worries with the language.
I would make passage from the Scillies to Kilmore Quay, forgeting the Welsh coast. The tides are stronger on the Welsh side. To cross the Bristol Channel is almost as far as to Kilmore Quay.
Once across, we visit Arklow, Howth, Carlingford, Ardglass, Strangford Lough-you could be there a month and not see it all-Bangor, Carrickfergus, Glenarm, Rathlin Island or Ballycastle, Portrush, Colraine and Londonderry. We visit Dublin by public transport from Howth.
Pic shows our boat in Londonderry last year.
You will find the Guinness sublime........................................
Ich bin ein Speedway und Langbahrn Fahrer in Deutchland! Sehr gutte.
I also speak very little German, but I am very familiar with the trip you wish to make. Your English is very good, you have no worries with the language.
I would make passage from the Scillies to Kilmore Quay, forgeting the Welsh coast. The tides are stronger on the Welsh side. To cross the Bristol Channel is almost as far as to Kilmore Quay.
Once across, we visit Arklow, Howth, Carlingford, Ardglass, Strangford Lough-you could be there a month and not see it all-Bangor, Carrickfergus, Glenarm, Rathlin Island or Ballycastle, Portrush, Colraine and Londonderry. We visit Dublin by public transport from Howth.
Pic shows our boat in Londonderry last year.
You will find the Guinness sublime........................................
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Nessy
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Hi Rotrax!
Thanks for your praise to my english knowledge! You make me really proud of!
When I see your nice boat I remember the same model last year in Yarmouth lying beside us.
Is it possible we met there?
Nessy
Thanks for your praise to my english knowledge! You make me really proud of!
When I see your nice boat I remember the same model last year in Yarmouth lying beside us.
Is it possible we met there?
Nessy
Nessy
Member
And of course also many thanks for the geographical details!
Stefan
Stefan
Nessy
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Fr J Hackett
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If you wish to see something interesting then stick to the Irish coast and when you get to the north go a see the giants causeway far more interesting than anything in the Menai Straits.
Lodestone
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Hi Stefan - may I suggest this pilot book. Irish Sea Pilot
It is dated 2015, it may also be cheaper from other sources but it is useful - there a small 'compass' diagrams as a quick reference for each port and harbour showing which direction they provide shelter for.
rotrax
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I suspect that was our friends in their Island Packet SP Cruiser "IPad of Poole"
Our boat is slightly older and is called "Jarrow Lily"
We did no visit Yarmouth last season. We were last in Yarmouth in 2022 at a CA Solent Section rally.
Just seen your post #31. It is not Jarrow Lily-we have a blue mainsail sacrificial triangle. The one in the boat alongside is white. We have a different, side mounted, home made outboard bracket.
We might change to a Motor Boat in the future-a 9.80 Antares is high on the list of possibles!
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NC11
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Following this as I'm planning a similar trip to Ireland on my boat in May hopefully.
dunedin
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Well the only problem now is that by going Port Ellen to Caledonian Canal you would miss out the best 50% of the Uk coastline - the western isles of Scotland. It is imperative that you head NE from Oban.
Perhaps you need to extend to a 2 year trip
rotrax
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If you ever get to see them through the pissing rain................................................Well the only problem now is that by going Port Ellen to Caledonian Canal you would miss out the best 50% of the Uk coastline - the western isles of Scotland. It is imperative that you head NE from Oban.
Perhaps you need to extend to a 2 year trip
dunedin
Well-known member
The western isles are low lying and often have low rainfall in the summer months of May and June.
However, the misinformation does help to keep the waters quiet and peaceful
Nessy
Member
Hi Guys!
Thanks for your comments!
Just at the moment the real problem is my multifunction crew who is very shy of coldness and rain.
I always tell her that surely it will not come so bad she thinks…..
Of course a two year/season trip would be much better and we thougt about this in fact.
Two points let us hesitate until now.
1. We are afraidmof the English Custum restrictions for foreigners after Brexit.
2. The experiences during the last years showed us that after a six month trip with 100-150 h and 1500-2000 nm
there are always some repairs and services to be done and we have great trust in our french boatyard, Beneteau Dealer with good staff where we during the last five yaers always got a perfect service for an adequate price.
Stefan
Thanks for your comments!
Just at the moment the real problem is my multifunction crew who is very shy of coldness and rain.
I always tell her that surely it will not come so bad she thinks…..
Of course a two year/season trip would be much better and we thougt about this in fact.
Two points let us hesitate until now.
1. We are afraidmof the English Custum restrictions for foreigners after Brexit.
2. The experiences during the last years showed us that after a six month trip with 100-150 h and 1500-2000 nm
there are always some repairs and services to be done and we have great trust in our french boatyard, Beneteau Dealer with good staff where we during the last five yaers always got a perfect service for an adequate price.
Stefan
Nessy
Member
Out of Topic
Yesterday I had chance to visit a boatyard near Frankfurt at the river Main, specialised for building ultra light weigt runabouts from compound materials and the restoration of classic boats and yachts. I write for some years for a german motorboat magazine reports about, travelling, history, technic and practise.
Yesterday I had chance to visit a boatyard near Frankfurt at the river Main, specialised for building ultra light weigt runabouts from compound materials and the restoration of classic boats and yachts. I write for some years for a german motorboat magazine reports about, travelling, history, technic and practise.
