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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.
Moored in Lindisfarne

We have survived our 29 hour sail from Scarborough to Lindisfarne.  The sun shone the whole time, even to the extent of it not actually ever getting dark! 

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The highlight of the sail for Becky was the wildlife, particularly the dolphins, I was trying to ‘sleep’ at that time, which is quite tricky when every noise is amplified about 10 times in the cabin of Jelly Fish.

We have enjoyed a lovely evening moored in Lindisfarne and hope to continue sailing tomorrow into Scotland.  We can’t quite believe we are this far north and it is only the accents of the people on the Radio and the Harbour Masters we call that convince us it is true.

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Lat: 55.6659 Long:-1.7945

Posted by Jellyfish at Tuesday, June 22, 2010

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Wow, I can't believe you're so far away! Photos are fab, it looks really beautiful. So... do the dolphins have northern accents too?
Loving your updates - go Jellyfish go!

22 June 2010 at 12:42
Tony said...

great to see where you are already, and how quickly you've got there. corribees can handle anything! go the 'jellyfish'

22 June 2010 at 13:48
george said...

wonderful progress and awesome pics x

27 June 2010 at 08:18

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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