Just a few words - more later...
We left Padstow about 10:30 on the 15th to make our way north, hoping that the seas were not too big and that we would make good time up to either Lundy (40 miles) or Coombe Martin (60 miles). We ended up at Coombe Martin, which is near Ilfracoombe, and anchored there for the night at about 9pm ish. The seas looked like going to Lundy would not have been a good option and the distance to Cardiff the following day would be less from Coombe Martin - so Coombe Martin it was. A little bit rolly but that settled during the night and we left there at about 6am and had a little bit of a sail up to Cardiff - the wind was meant to be SW but started off from the south then moved to just south of east - too tight again so we put the engine on and motor-sailed.
We hope to be in Cardiff for a week or more and will add another post later in the week. The route has been updated.
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- Balchis
- Catch up on where we are and see some pictures. Balchis is a 32 1/2 foot Barbary Ketch designed by Walter Rayner and built in 1972 by Mitchells of Poole. Normally sailed on the west coast of Scotland (the Inner Hebrides) but also Ireland, Isle of Man and as far down as the Scillies. The outline plan is to leave Loch Feochan during the first week in July 2007 and end up in The Scillies by about the 24th July (via Canna). Then wait for favourable conditions to cross to North West Spain and head South at a leasurely pace to the Algarve for about October (- ish). For 2008 we are heading into the Med and the Balearics and then we will see which way the wind is blowing us... Been there - now heading back to Scotland during 2009.
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