Danny Jo
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No disrespect to Snowleopard intended (can he really be a snowleopard if he doesn't like the sight of snow?) but his Round Britain posts beg the question: which bits must be rounded to be worthy of the name "round Britain"
Great, medium or little Britain?
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snowleopard
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Depends whether you want to get in the Guinness Book of Records or just have a pleasant cruise.
If you want to set a record for sailing round the world you have to start from Europe and go south of the 3 great capes but a circumnavigation via Panama and Suez is still a round-the-world cruise.
I have sailed 'across the Atlantic' 3 times but never sailed within sight of the American continents. I guess the pedants would have a field day with that too.
If you want to set a record for sailing round the world you have to start from Europe and go south of the 3 great capes but a circumnavigation via Panama and Suez is still a round-the-world cruise.
I have sailed 'across the Atlantic' 3 times but never sailed within sight of the American continents. I guess the pedants would have a field day with that too.
webcraft
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Geography
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At the moment at least one person appears to think you should sail round Cape Wrath but not Lands End.
I'm not sure how this is possible unless you circumnavigate from Inverness to Inverness round the top via the Caley Canal.
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At the moment at least one person appears to think you should sail round Cape Wrath but not Lands End.
I'm not sure how this is possible unless you circumnavigate from Inverness to Inverness round the top via the Caley Canal.
- W
jhr
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snowleopard
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Quite easily (with a small boat) via the Thames and Kennet & Avon canal.
webcraft
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OK, but . . .
Easiest/shortest circ. would I guess be via Caley canal, Forth and Clyde and Crinan, or is there a shorter English canal circuit?
- W
If iI had a boat that could use that route I would probably miss out Cape Wrath and the Pentland Firth
Easiest/shortest circ. would I guess be via Caley canal, Forth and Clyde and Crinan, or is there a shorter English canal circuit?
- W
snowleopard
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Thames, Oxford canal, Grand Union. Or the Warwickshire ring. Or to keep it really short a quick circuit of my duck pondIf iI had a boat that could use that route I would probably miss out Cape Wrath and the Pentland Firth
Easiest/shortest circ. would I guess be via Caley canal, Forth and Clyde and Crinan, or is there a shorter English canal circuit?
- W
Jeremy_W
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I think Kay Cottee went into the record books as first woman to sail round the World non-stop solo with a New Zealand to New Zealand circumnavigation. She just had to enter the Northern hemisphere by rounding IIRC the St Peter & St Paul Islands, just North of the Equator.
Orla
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So if i left Inverness and went through the canal, up and round Cape Wrath and back to Inverness could I call it going round Britain.
snowleopard
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So if i left Inverness and went through the canal, up and round Cape Wrath and back to Inverness could I call it going round Britain.
Call it what you like, it's your cruise. Call it Mabel if you prefer.
Twister_Ken
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Wales has been circumnavigated:
"As part of the Aberaeron bi-centenary celebrations the 17ft dinghy 'EOS' - built in Ciliau Aeron - will be attempting to 'circumnavigate' mainland Wales and 'fly the flag' for Aberaeron. One of the two-man crew, Aberaeron harbourmaster, Nigel Wells wrote about the attempt in June 2007.
Decorated in the bi-centenary colours and logo Eos is crewed by myself and Newquay Harbourmaster Roy Fenner. We will be following in the footsteps and hoping to emulate the achievement of Aberaeron sailors Peter Lloyd Harvey and the late David Sinnett-Jones who successfully 'circumnavigated' in 1990.
Weather permitting we hope to leave Aberaeron on Saturday 2 June. The voyage will take us through Bardsey Sound to Caernarfon, through the Menai Straits to Colwyn Bay and up the Dee Estuary to Chester. From there we will follow the Shropshire Union Canal then the Staffs and Worcester Canal to Stourport then into the River Severn to Sharpness.
Back into salt water, sailing under both Severn Bridges we will head for home via Barry, Swansea, Tenby, Jack Sound, Ramsey Sound and Fishguard arriving in Aberaeron, hopefully, about three weeks after leaving.
Article written by Nigel Wells"
"As part of the Aberaeron bi-centenary celebrations the 17ft dinghy 'EOS' - built in Ciliau Aeron - will be attempting to 'circumnavigate' mainland Wales and 'fly the flag' for Aberaeron. One of the two-man crew, Aberaeron harbourmaster, Nigel Wells wrote about the attempt in June 2007.
Decorated in the bi-centenary colours and logo Eos is crewed by myself and Newquay Harbourmaster Roy Fenner. We will be following in the footsteps and hoping to emulate the achievement of Aberaeron sailors Peter Lloyd Harvey and the late David Sinnett-Jones who successfully 'circumnavigated' in 1990.
Weather permitting we hope to leave Aberaeron on Saturday 2 June. The voyage will take us through Bardsey Sound to Caernarfon, through the Menai Straits to Colwyn Bay and up the Dee Estuary to Chester. From there we will follow the Shropshire Union Canal then the Staffs and Worcester Canal to Stourport then into the River Severn to Sharpness.
Back into salt water, sailing under both Severn Bridges we will head for home via Barry, Swansea, Tenby, Jack Sound, Ramsey Sound and Fishguard arriving in Aberaeron, hopefully, about three weeks after leaving.
Article written by Nigel Wells"
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Orla
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Black Sheep
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If you want to set a record for sailing round the world you have to start from Europe and go south of the 3 great capes [citation needed]
snowleopard
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Correction - that was the course for several events, starting with the Golden Globe which allowed start & finish anywhere in Europe. The world sailing record council has a more generic rule.
mlthomas
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Falklands?
mcframe
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While down the Atlantic, round the white bit and back up again counts, I can't help agreeing that non-stop by that route would be less of an adventure than a cruise-with-stops.
Anyone know what kind of vessel would be best for a circumnavigation of Europe?
Biscay or French canals is known, but I'm not sure about the St Petersburg-Volga-Don-Black Sea section...
snowleopard
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If I was going to spend a lot of time on the European canals I would consider a Dutch sailing barge. Ideal inland, seaworthy offshore.
lw395
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You can circumnavigate the UK from the inside with a quick lap of Farmoor Reservoir!
Just do what you enjoy and don't expect any recognition, do it for yourself not the media.
Just do what you enjoy and don't expect any recognition, do it for yourself not the media.
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SkerryMerry
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There was a nice article in one of the magazines about a year or two ago - someone (a couple?) sailing from London via the Thames, the Kennet & Avon canal, the Avon estuary, Land's End, the south coast, and back up the Thames to London.
Don't remember if it was a motor boat or a trailer sailer but a great idea and a fine adventure in a small boat.
snowleopard
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A friend who owns a narrow boat did a circuit this year - up the Oxford canal, down via the Gloucester & sharpness, down the Severn under the bridges then back via the Kennett & Avon. I went to help him with the leg down the Severn. A fun trip.