Despite our plans to sail non-stop for 40 hours or so, we managed 8 and realised that it would be better to stop and sleep while the wind sorts itself out, than to battle through the elements. Therefore we are now moored in Scarborough (Lat: 54.2850 Long: -00.3864) and have had our first showers in 8 days!
As for the sailing, getting out of Bridlington was wonderful, but we were then faced with what the Met Office describes as 'rough' seas. I found this quite scary, but Mary was loving it and JellyFish could more than cope.
There was high drama when the cruising chute (for non-sailors a big sail for going away from the wind), which was in it's bag and clipped on the foredeck, slipped outside of the guardrail. Before Mary could move her clip from the cockpit to the safety lines, the clips on the bag broke, and the sail went overboard! Very quickly, the size of the waves paled into insignificance, as we turned ready to do our man overboard drill (practiced hundreds of times on every RYA course we have ever done). The practice payed off, and we picked up the sail at the first attempt. Praise the Lord that the bag floated for that long!
After that excitement the rest of the journey was simple, but characterised by really quite big waves. The weather is meant to be much better tomorrow, with the wind in the south, and so we plan to keep going through the night, but let's wait and see!
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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.
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.
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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.
3 comments:
Sounds exciting.. if we'd known we could have come over to Scarborough this evening, although would have been quite late and you might well have been exhausted/asleep! Enjoy your stay in Yorkshire! :)
Just listened to you on I player, great to hear you. Brilliant seamanship picking up spinnaker. Good move to go into Scarborough, not just for the showers!!!
All the best for the next leg.
Good to read your account, and to hear you on Radio Essex again. (Thanks for the card that may arrive tomorrow!)Glad that you chose to pay Scarborough a visit, and that the weather is now due to calm down and behave itself. Hope the next leg goes acording to plan. Love to you both.
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