Sailing round Britain.

[moondancer]

I am a big Nathan fan and also a fan of the keep turning left chappie.

Watching their exploits it makes me question how easy or hard it would be to circle the UK single handed , maybe using one of the canals to cheat, if sailing a fin keeler.

It seems to me that it would require some quite long passages due to the tidal nature of the UK coastline, particularly going up from Lowestoft and down the West Coast of North Devon.

The question is would it be possible to do this in hops of not much more than a day long in a fin keeler?

This could be a more healthy obsession than a wooden boat.

 

[Superflid]

No need at all for long hops if you choose your weather carefully, just drop the hook and stick the anchor light up.

 

[Chrusty1]

"stick the anchor light up."


Up What?? /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif






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[moondancer]

So if going past harbours on the north east coast and south west like ilfracombe where it dries, just anchor off the coast? Isn't it a bit exposed?

 

[Athene V30]

I am sure there are some sheltered anchorages to be had in some areas but can you trust the forecasts to base a stop on what could be an exposed shore?

Maybe day running is not the answer and would need to plan the odd longer trip between places with suitable draft.

Depends on how much time on your hands so how long prepared to wait and a lot of chart pondering beforehand.

 

[Superflid]

Maybe my introduction to sailing was a bit different to others......

Sailing in The Wash nornally means anchoring if staying out overnight, been doing it there, and other spots on the east coast since I started (not all that long ago /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif ).
No, it's not like being tied up to a pontoon or on a mooring bouy upriver, you might be rolling and bouncing a bit, but I thought it was all part of sailing!

I had ideas for a longer trip or 2 this year, anchoring would make it just about affordable. It's a shame I decided to trim my toenails with the lawnmower, no sailing for a while.... /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

...and Chrusty, *ollox /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[Chrusty1]

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So if going past harbours on the north east coast and south west like ilfracombe where it dries, just anchor off the coast? Isn't it a bit exposed?

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I don't thnk yourpost was to me, but for a two pennarth worth, anybody making a trip like that proposed, would do themselves a huge favour by doing it in a bilge keeler, or even a swing / drop keeler if it could take the ground upright.

This would more than double your options and make the whole process a lot less hassel. Make passage planning a doddle, and options due to bad weather that you might not want to have to cope with are too, vastly increased.

Oh aye, I have heard all the bollocks about bilge keelers, and most of it is based on old fashioned designs that had the keels in a vertical plane from the hull. A good bilge keeler is every bit as good as a fin keeler for cruising purposes. In fact some designs of bilge keelers are better sea boats than the fin keeled versions of the same boat, I offer the Corribee as a case in point, and at the other end of the scale, the Moody's.

Mr. Rot.......Suck 'em! /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Superflid]

Reminds me, why do dogs lick their own bits?



















Cos they can! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Chrusty1]

I'll bet you wished you could have sucked that toe when you shortened it a bit?

Still I suspect even an east coast mud slapper can learn from his mistakes.......









It'll be steel toe capped flip flops for you now then? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Superflid]

Wouldn't have been the first time I stuck my foot in my mouth. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif