In the early hours of this morning after a long and slow night across the Firth of Fourth I decided to change course and head to Stonehaven. I was already 3 hours behind and I wasn’t going to arrive in Peterhead for another 15 hours. Although it was annoying I didn’t have much choice and …
Yesterday I came into Eyemouth, Scotland!!! It’s been around 3 weeks since I set off so we’ve made good progress. Today I am off on another long leg to Peterhead (24hrs) instead of doing 3 days of short legs because I will hopefully have better wind doing it all in one!
Over the past couple days I have been stuck in North Shields waiting for some weather to blow over. Although it is frustrating you can’t beat the weather so you’ve got to just be patient! A huge thanks to Royal Quays Marina though where I have been berthed who helped me out with everything from …
Something that has amazed me on my trip so far has been the sheer kindness of people who are so willing to help in any way possible. I saw this once again when I came into Scarborough yesterday. After a 15 hour passage I was pretty done for and as I came in I was …
Lowestoft to Grimsby Yesterday after 24 hours at sea I made my way into Grimsby. Wow! What a trip! It will certainly not be one I will ever forget. We started off with plenty of breeze for the first 8 hours which was not expected so we were 2 hours ahead of schedule. However, as …
After a week in Lowestoft finally the weather has cleared up! This afternoon I am planning on setting off for Grimsby, the wind will be light but I’m hoping to still be able to sail the majority of it. This is my longest passage of the trip and it will take around a day so …
Just before I set off round Britain a friend of mine introduced me to a saying that seems to come back up in my mind quite often… “man plans, God laughs”. Well God was in hysterics today! Just as I had finished my carefully planned passage plan and prepped the boat ready to leave for …
Yesterday I reached Lowestoft a week after leaving Hamble and well, what a week it has been! We’ve had everything from no wind to 3 knot tides and lots of wind! I had a really fast sail from Shotley yesterday… top surf clocked in at 11.5 knots! Next is my biggest leg of the whole …
After setting off at 1:30am today I managed to reach Dover after a long 11 and half hours of motoring with no wind! Not a lot of fun. But at least I managed to get in before it started pouring with rain! I have to say I was pretty tired after this so I went …
Day 1 Wow! What a day! Today I set off from Hamble just after 1 pm having only finished the jobs that needed finishing on Alchemy 2 hours before! Firstly, thank you to everyone who came to wish me off from land and boat I really appreciate it. Secondly I’d like to say a huge …