![]() According to Captain Dave, the 36 foot long vessel could only get thrown over by waves that are higher than 2 meters and brake on you… Regardless, this was still a very scary ride for us newbies. ![]() The max reading on our instruments was 37 knots or 70 km/h wind and 1.5 meter high waves hitting us from the side. Regardless, we we got right into a Gal storm on our first day. Considering the weather forecast, we decided to go anti-clockwise around Britain, as we wanted to avoid motoring against the wind and a bumby ride against the waves and being stuck at the south coast of England for a few days. ![]() Planning well in advance is very important for sailing. Nothing to ignore for sure! So after a few days in Ramsgate (including hiking the White Cliffs of Dover) we were back in the water, just about to leave, when the sinking alarm went off – WHAT THE HECK? Luckily the reason was found asap: Dave & me hadn’t closed one of those „seacooks“ properly, so water came streaming in… now at least the girl was definetly clean! On the way down from London he had got hit by something heavy on the Thames that had shifted the rotor & motor by a few inches and water was all over the bilge (=bottom part of a boat). Before getting the sails up for such a long journey, however, Daves’ vessel "Bonnie Girl" had to get out of the water for a refreshed painting for better speed and some repairs. So in Mid of May we jumped aboard in Ramsgate, a victorian harbour town in the south-east corner of England. ![]() We know Dave since our trip to the Maunsell Forts and besides there we had enjoyed the support of his “adventure taxi” at two other projects (Most notably the Highline at The Old Man of Hoy. It all started about two months ago, when our friend Dave Dykes from Sails and Trails - hungry for adventure - proposed a sailing trip to the Outer Hebrides which are located in north-west Scotland. A Walk in the Skye – By Air, land and sea The backstory ![]()
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