Getting ready to go
11. heinäkuuta 2021, Irlanti ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Sewing up fender covers
Sorting out boat gear and
Stowing stores
The Goodbyes
12. heinäkuuta 2021, Irlanti ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Nana and Grandad come to visit Régal and help out with some last minute jobs. When Ronan and Ruby arrived back from their PCR test we say goodbye.
The Meades arrive at lunchtime with a picnic lunchLue lisää
First evening at sea
12. heinäkuuta 2021, Celtic Sea ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
We have embarked on a 48 hour passage from
Cork to Brittany. We have lovely sunshine and are motor sailing. Several pods of common dolphins come bow-riding and bidding us farewell as we watchedLue lisää
Day 2 on Passage
13. heinäkuuta 2021, Celtic Sea ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Today is a very different day to yesterday . It is overcast and there is no wind. From the early morning the sea swell has been gradually increasing and the conditions are rolly. This is a day thatLue lisää
Arrival to France
14. heinäkuuta 2021, Ranska ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
We are so happy to arrive in France this morning. We have our first family sea passage done. We tie up at the marina in Camerat Sur Mer and have champagne and eggs to celebrate. We are so proud ofLue lisää
The walk home
15. heinäkuuta 2021, Ranska ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
One of the great things about being on the boat is that marinas and anchorages are often right where you want to be. Here is Camerat sûr mer we walk back to boat after dinner and on the way we passLue lisää
Raz de Sein
17. heinäkuuta 2021, Ranska ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Today we leave Camaret sûr Mer after a day of jobs yesterday. We refuel in the morning in is as scenic spot as any to fill up on diesel - shown here in the photo of Colm and Ronan. We head downLue lisää
A great destination
17. heinäkuuta 2021, Bay of Biscay ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
After passing through the Raz de Sein we continue our passage from Camaret to Loctudy . We were hoping to go to Anchor for a few days in îles de Glenan but the wind forecast lead us to believeLue lisää
Penfret
18. heinäkuuta 2021, Ranska ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
We share our anchorage in Penfret with about 70 other boats. We can see the other Glenan islands from here and there are boats everywhere. There are so many masts of yachts at anchor, we can’t countLue lisää
Three on a SUP
19. heinäkuuta 2021, Ranska ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Ronan and I have our first sea swim of the trip. After second brekkie, we move to the most popular anchorage; Le Chambre. The water is pretty shallow so we have to go in at high water and pick a spotLue lisää
Iles de Glenan
19. heinäkuuta 2021, Ranska ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
We spend two more hot days in the Glenans. We do an unsuccessful repair to the dingy floor and so have to motor slowly from the boat to the islands with our soggy bottom. This setback doesn’t stopLue lisää
Back to the mainland
22. heinäkuuta 2021, Ranska ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
The tides are moving steadily from neaps to springs and we have less and less water under our keel at every low tide. We saw two boats ground and go over on their sides at low water. The weatherLue lisää
Port la Forêt
24. heinäkuuta 2021, Ranska ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
We have decided we will make our passage to Spain on Monday as there is a weather window. We would love to have more time in France but if we are to get into the Mediterranean before winter we have toLue lisää
Passage from Brittany to Galicia
26. heinäkuuta 2021, Bay of Biscay ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
We say goodbye to the lovely Port la Fôret, turn on our engine and put us up the sails. We have more than 50 hours of passage to make across the bay of Biscay.
Donal O Driscoll has given us manyLue lisää
A Biscay sky
27. heinäkuuta 2021, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
One of the things I love about being on watch is that sometimes you have the most spectacular sky all to yourself. I had this gorgeous sunset the very next morning the beautiful sunrise while everyoneLue lisää
Dropping Anchor
28. heinäkuuta 2021, Espanja ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Over the years we have always gone to a Marina after a long passage so going to Anchor in Cedeira is a new experience and a much better feeling. Rather than usual stress of ropes, fenders, comingLue lisää
Cedeira
29. heinäkuuta 2021, Espanja ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
It is so lovely to wake up at anchor and smell the eucalyptus. We are surrounded by hills that are covered in forests of eucalyptus and pine. At the foot these hills are long sandy beaches and theLue lisää
Getting back home
30. heinäkuuta 2021, Espanja ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
This is a little photo sequence of our trip out to Régal after our day in Cedeira town - a sample of what its like getting home from the shore when we are at anchor. The dingy has to be untied andLue lisää
A Coruna
1. elokuuta 2021, Espanja ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We travel south to A Coruna and stay at the marina. Ruby wakes up early and snaps a beautiful sunrise.We have a lovely morning in the Aquarium followed by a walk up to and around Hercules - the oldestLue lisää
Leaving under cover of Darkness
2. elokuuta 2021, Espanja ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We leave A Coruna at 6 am as we have about 14 hours of journey to make down to the Ria of Muros. We expect the sun to be rising as we leave but it doesn’t show itself until well after 7. Spain is anLue lisää
Muros
3. elokuuta 2021, Espanja ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Régal is at the Marina in the lovely town of Muros. We spend a few days here as the weather is inclement. It is much easier to duck in and out of rain showers when you can run instead of row back toLue lisää
Feliz Cumpleaños
4. elokuuta 2021, Espanja ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Today is Colm’s 11th birthday. He usually celebrates his birthday on holidays with lots of his cousins in Kerry so this had to be a good one to make up for the lack of party guests!
We wake up toLue lisää
Ria Muros to Ria Arosa
7. elokuuta 2021, Espanja ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Today we travel from Ria Muros to Ria Arosa - a journey the four of us did eight years ago on the Re Shuanta with Nana and Grandad (aka Margaret and Donal). There had been a fine swell that day andLue lisää
Memory Lane
8. elokuuta 2021, Espanja ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We dingy into shore and walk on the wooden boardwalk through the pine and eucalyptus woods to find the very spot on Praia de Lombina where we picnicked 8 years ago. We find it and it is just a lovelyLue lisää
Happiness is…
10. elokuuta 2021, Espanja ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
… being able to jump off the boat and swim. Praia de Cabio is a perfect anchorage for us. There are so many little beaches, rocky outcrops and coves to explore with the SUP, Dingy, Snorkelling andLue lisää











































































































































MatkaajaAnd to think I almost stowed away on this trip, hoping you'd need a bad cook!! Aw well, I'll stick with the bees