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Well we have only had the boat three months and this has been SWMBO's first go at sailing so we have not broken out of the Irish sea yet. Got to give her 10/10 as we sold the mobo in March and placed the order for the Oceanis which came in July. Fortunately she loves sailing so much more than the mobo as it is something that we can both do and get involved with.

My attempt to to glue a couple of trips out in the vid to celebrate changing from a hobby to a lifestyle. Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ahkqr6dfPc

Hopefully our sailing and video editing will improve as time goes on.

Not lifting the boat this winter and will try to get out whenever we can.
 
Searush said:
Irish Sea is a big area why would you need to get out of it?:confused:
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The most boring bit of Ireland to the west, beaches to the south, Scousers to the east, sand sand sand bloody sand to the north (where I am!). Shipping all over the place. The Isle of Man's OK, though.

I keep my boat on the Solway now, for convenience, but I think a return to West Coast is on the cards very soon. There are more nice destinations within an day of Crinan than on the whole Irish Sea.

Grump, grump, grump.

PS Open to being convinced otherwise!
 
ColdFusion said:
Great video. Love the music too. What/who is it?
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Its Poppiholla by Chicane. Although I have had an email from youtube pointing out that it is licensed by Armarda music. So I suppose there is a chance it will get pulled.
This has been a great three months with the boat, given that SWMBO had never sailed (she had been out on a couple of sailing boats but there was no wind) we are building the length of the trips up but never anything over the tidal window at whitehaven. We took a week off and were planning to go across to Belfast but instead of doing the miles we are still on short sails and doing all the basics. Next trip out is going to be a lot of MOB practice!
I have a CS in power and a DS in sail so I have booked to do the CS sail course in the spring and we intend to keep using the boat over winter whenever we can so that come next summer we can head out for a couple or three weeks with confidence.
 
mlthomas said:
I have a CS in power and a DS in sail so I have booked to do the CS sail course in the spring and we intend to keep using the boat over winter whenever we can so that come next summer we can head out for a couple or three weeks with confidence.
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Come across and see us in Kirkcudbright! The entrance is twisty but well marked and there are deep water visitors' berths at the marina. Nice wee trip from Whitehaven.
 
mlthomas said:
Well we have only had the boat three months and this has been SWMBO's first go at sailing so we have not broken out of the Irish sea yet. Got to give her 10/10 as we sold the mobo in March and placed the order for the Oceanis which came in July. Fortunately she loves sailing so much more than the mobo as it is something that we can both do and get involved with.

My attempt to to glue a couple of trips out in the vid to celebrate changing from a hobby to a lifestyle. Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ahkqr6dfPc

Hopefully our sailing and video editing will improve as time goes on.

Not lifting the boat this winter and will try to get out whenever we can.
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That was a very very good video. Thanks for sharing.
Peter
 
orbister said:
The most boring bit of Ireland to the west, beaches to the south, Scousers to the east, sand sand sand bloody sand to the north (where I am!). Shipping all over the place. The Isle of Man's OK, though.

I keep my boat on the Solway now, for convenience, but I think a return to West Coast is on the cards very soon. There are more nice destinations within an day of Crinan than on the whole Irish Sea.

Grump, grump, grump.

PS Open to being convinced otherwise!
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Ok, I see your point, based there. But Menai Straits, Anglesey & Lleyn Peninsula & Bardsey Island is a superb (if challenging) cruising area. As is Strangford Lough, Rathlin Island, Wicklow, Skerries & Wexford & you can moor in the centre of Dublin for the best Craic in the world. Isle of Whithorn is a pleasant harbour too. So IoM, while excellent, is not the only worthwhile destiantion.

Having said that, I spent several years around the Clyde & West Coast of Scotland & the only problem was the 3-4 hour drive to get there.
 
We have had a couple of longer trips planned but the weather was not really with us. While the boat would be fine I don’t want to put SWMBO off if we had a rough passage somewhere. We have been out in 4-5’s so far. Not likely to get too far away for the next few months so we will stick with the day sails. Definitely want to get across to Bangor (NI) as the first larger passage.
 
It's all about what YOU want to do. Personally, I would be inclined to wait 'til spring & sail via the Fastnet (just to go round it!) and up the sheltered E coast of Ireland to Peel IoM & then the Clyde. But then I know N Wales & Anglesey like the back of my hand.
 
Searush said:
Ok, I see your point, based there. But Menai Straits, Anglesey & Lleyn Peninsula & Bardsey Island is a superb (if challenging) cruising area. As is Strangford Lough, Rathlin Island, Wicklow, Skerries & Wexford & you can moor in the centre of Dublin for the best Craic in the world. Isle of Whithorn is a pleasant harbour too. So IoM, while excellent, is not the only worthwhile destiantion.

Having said that, I spent several years around the Clyde & West Coast of Scotland & the only problem was the 3-4 hour drive to get there.
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I've just bought a boat in Milford Haven so am about to decide whether to bring her up asap in a rather chilly winter delivery (weather permitting) or leave her down there till spring and cruise up at leisure. Having plays round Anglesey and Dublin are good reasons for leaving it ...

Medium term she'll go up to Crinan, though. Although it's 3 or 4 hours' drive for me too, it's a couple of days by sea ...
 
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