Now then, about a big passage plan

[iangrant]

Anyone any thoughts comments or ideas please.

Commence date Easter 2005;
Leave Chichester for the west country, probably end up in Falmouth.
May time, the hop across to the Channel Islands then Brittany, or do the Falmouth to Northern Spain?
Best hop off point?
Then Spain gently down the coast round to southern Portugal June/July Half term then Gibraltar for the Summer holidays for a bit of Med cruising, How far in?
End of the summer holidays to Lanzarote for the ARC in November.

Tips, insider knowledge, insults all gratefully received.

Ta

Ian


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[duncan]

are you sure it's flexible enough?

sounds good fun though

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[iangrant]

Blimey how much more flexible does it need to be?

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[jimi]

Are you sure the boat's up to it?

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[dralex]

Only 2 comments-

1) Nice itinery- I'm a bit envious

2) Potentially lots of fog around Northern Brittany and CI's in May, but you probably already know that.

ps- Were you in St Peter Port in May this year? There can't be that may HR42's around.

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[iangrant]

Cheeky sod - new water pump MUST be the last thing to break???

There were two in the shop - one at under 100 quid one a two hundred - guess which one I bought and guess which one pulsed when SWMBO had a shower. Guess which one is fitted now!

Ian

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[iangrant]

Not me, not beeen this year.

I thought there wern't too many around until I bought one, now they are everywhere.

Ian

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[tome]

I'd give the CI's a body swerve from Falmouth - straight through Chenal du Four to Camaret isn't too onerous. I like N Spain so would head Castro Urdiales/Santander and work myself around. Wouldn't hang around in Gib too long personally (Aldershot del Sole) but each to his own.

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[iangrant]

Thanks Tom - I like Gib but then I'm a tart.

Must 'ave a beer over some charts

Ian

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[ChrisE]

Once you've got to the top of Spain, I'd recommend the rias and Bayonna, especially for its magnificent yacht club. From Bayonna, Leixos, which has a good mairna handy for visiting Oporto and the port house tours. If I was going again, I'd then carry on to Lisbon, some like Caiscais, I preferred the marinas in the middle of things, a bit noisy but just 5 mins walk from the centre. After that we turned right but I'm sure that there are plenty that carried on.

Best of luck, sounds like a nice way of spending 2005.

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[Jeremy_W]

Rally Portugal

It looks like you'll run into Rally Portugal at some point with that itinerary:
Bayona, Figuera da Foz, Marina Al Doca (Lisbon), Sines and Lagos were on the tour guide back in 1997.

Whether you join up with them depends whether you're a Rally-type person:-


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[iangrant]

Re: Rally Portugal

Thanks for that - I thought we might - may take advantage of the "company" across the bay of Biscay but will steer clear of the rally bits in Portugal.

Ian

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[Steve Clayton]

If Falmouth to Northern Spain then gently down Portugal etc. etc then I thoroughly recommend Rally Portugal. Timing seems to be about right for your plans.

Good luck!!

Steve

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[Phoenix of Hamble]

"Tips, insider knowledge, insults all gratefully received."

You are mad.

Whats wrong with Chi in November?

Lots of praise and support so far, so thought I'd balance it up a bit

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[Phoenix of Hamble]

more seriously.... dropped in on Puerto Calero on Lanzarote earlier in the year while on annual family hols, and thought what a really nice marina it was....perhaps a good prep point prior to the ARC?

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[AndrewB]

One thought ...

.... why the ARC?

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[iangrant]

Re: One thought ...

Big trip first time across etc...

Ian

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[iangrant]

Cold, wet, expensive poor service, M25 etc....

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[AndrewB]

Re: One thought ...

If that's your reasoning, then my guess is that at the end you'll feel you didn't really need as much help as you thought, and it was rather a waste of money.

As Jeremy_W says, it depends on whether you are a rally type person.

 

[Sybarite]

Why not coast hop around S. Brittany as far as La Rochelle and head then to N. Spain?

John

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