The Whiskey Tour Starts After picking up our new crew member (Linus Korsholm) in Belfast, we left Ireland for the second (and last time) to head for our main destination: Scotland. Apart from being a very kind and welcoming people they have an unusual number of distilleries producing a great
From the Isle of Man, we had a short and pleasant trip to Belfast. The sun was shining, the wind was fair, entering the huge harbour went smoothly, and we got an excellent berth right in the centre of the city. From our berth, we could see the very place
After spending almost a week in Dublin, we saw that there would be a small window in the seemingly never ending streak of low pressure gales coming in from the west and moving easterly across the Irish sea. Weather forecasts said that winds would be up to 8 m/s
En: This is a day of grieving, because on the way into the harbour on Isle of Man 🇮🇲 a fender was lost to the sea. It was put on the deck and immediately after letting go, it rolled down and landed perfectly under the railing, from where it rolled directly
For 6 days we have joined the overwhelming population of tourists in Dublin and enjoyed some of the many things Dublin had to offer: * Oysters * Guinness * James Joyce * Christ Church * Trinity College Library * Music at O'Donoghues And of course one of my candidates for Dublins number one cultural
Just before we left Kilmore Quay, our satellite receiver demanded a software update. Apparently, the update caused it to stop transmitting our position, which I only realized after we had left Kilmore Quay, while we were anchoring off Great Saltee looking for puffins. I managed to get the receiver to
En: The mission was to reach Dublin, but due to problems with the motor/gas, and the fresh water system, we had to make a pitstop and therefore became Kilmore Quay our first town to visit in Ireland 🇮🇪. Lucky for us, the problems were resolved within 2 working days 😊 And
(På dansk nedenfor) Ireland is currently experiencing the hottest May since the days of the dinosaurs and we are enjoying it thoroughly. There is a true Caribbean vibe here in the harbor. To get out of the sun, Lars and I have spent our day repairing the last remaining item
(På dansk nedenfor) The sun is shining, the houses and sands are white, the water is blue, the kids are fishing, the tourist are cramped into the boats taking them out to the islands to see the birds, the pubs are open and the harbor master is happy. Kilmore Quay
This morning at 4.00 O'clock we left Cowes headed for Dublin. Finally, it seemed the consistent head winds had subsided, and the next couple days shows more favorable winds - or rather none as it runs out. So we are steaming our way towards Lands End to
En: 4 days is now over on Isle of Wight and we have set sails for Dublin. On the island we got to do a bit of sightseeing. We saw an old Roman bath house (you do a cold bath, hot room, hottest room, and when you have sweated all
Since we left, our engine - a Volvo Penta MD22A, 4 cylinder, 60 HP, diesel - has been running great. But it started out real bad: As you know we were delayed two days in our departure, because we found something very wrong with the oil. Last season we only