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What We Are Doing
Well here we are, planning a trip around the UK coast, we leave on the 12th of June for the 2 and a half month trip, in a boat about the length of a modern estate car. Crazy? Foolhardy?

Well we like to think so.

The aim of this sponsored sail is to raise money for the Fellowship Afloat's bursary fund, which provides oppurtunities for people to enjoy outdoor activities who might otherwise not be able to afford it.

One of Fellowship Afloat's big goals is to allow as many people as possible the oppurtunity to enjoy the activities that the centre provides. Over the years this has meant subsidising the costs for many individuals and groups.

The fund setup to provide for these groups and individuals has been supported over the years by generous legacy's and donations, but this has over the last three years been depleted as Fellowship Afloat has sought to offer itself to more.

We plan with this trip to replenish the bursary fund, our goal £10,000 is the amount that Fellowhsip Afloat spent last year from this fund, and if we can raise it will guarantee another years worth of support.

Please keep checking this page as we update it with our location and the tales of our travels around the UK. If you would like to donate money to the bursary fund Click on the link at the top of the page.
Jelly Fish Clothing
Do you want to help raise awareness of our trip, or perhaps just need a few more T-shirts to get you through the summer?

Have a look at the range of clothes you can buy with our logo here. 15% of all sales goes to Fellowship Afloat Bursury Fund.
Dochgarroch?
We are truly in the canal now, having passed through 6 locks today. Only 23 more to go!

Once in, we motored for while and are now moored for the night with our new friends on board ‘Genesis’- they were in the sea lock with us, an have been kindly looking out for little JF, as well as passing on all sorts of useful information to us on our canal debut.

03-07-2010 Mairtown Locks with Becky
Becky holding ropes in one of the Mairtown Locks
Lat: 57.4361 Long: -4.2930

We have been able to talk about FACT a fair bit, and even found a sailor from West Mersea- what a small world we live in!

Finally a reminder that we are on the radio again tomorrow. Listen in to BBC Radio Essex at 7:50 or try BBC iPlayer if you are not up in time (or don’t reside in that county!)
Posted by Jellyfish at Saturday, July 03, 2010

2 comments:

Andrew C said...

Well done for getting so far! Be wary of the Loch Ness monster :-) Looks like you're about to experience good scottish weather . . . rain ;-p

Midge repellent ready?

Happy sailing!

4 July 2010 at 04:53
Cindy Cuthbertson said...

So This must mean you are not going up over the top of Scotland. I didn't realize you could cut through like that.!!! Tim and I are tracking you and hope this is a very successful trip for you. Look forward to seeing you in September, save a couple of tee-shirts, Congrats on the Degree!!.
Love,
Cindy & Tim

4 July 2010 at 16:39

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About the Boat
The boat, Jellyfish, is a 21ft Mark II Corribee built in 1980. She is a bilge keel (two short fins on either of side), which makes her ideal for the East Coast where she is moored.

Although easliy controlled by one person we have decided to do this together because 10 weeks on your own sounds like a long time to us, and the challenge of coping with each other for that long will undoubtedly create some intersting posts! Corribees are well known for their sea worthiness. Dame Ellen MacArthur sailed around Britain in Iduna, her own Corribee, when she was 18 years old. Since then several have crossed the Atlantic, although we don't plan on going that far yet.

For more information on the boat you can go to the Corribee Class Association website, for more information about our trip have a look at our Big Plan