Summer 2025
Here is the Itinerary we sailed in Year 1. It turned out to be not far off our original plan!
| Day | Date | Month | From | To | Remarks |
| 1 | 25 | May | Sail from Dartmouth | Salcombe | |
| 2-4 | 26 – 28 | May | At Salcombe | Owen & Emily joined. Stormbound on RNSA mooring. | |
| 5 | 29 | May | Salcombe | River Yealm | Newton Ferrers and Noss Mayo |
| 6 | 30 | May | River Yealm | Plymouth – Mayflower Marina | Via lunch at Cawsand Bay |
| 7-8 | 31-1 | June | At Plymouth | Owen & Emily departed Jay & Victoria Doe joined Short afternoon training sail around Plymouth Sound | |
| 9 | 2 | June | Plymouth | Fowey | |
| 10 | 3 | June | At Fowey | Wet and windy! | |
| 11 | 4 | June | Fowey | Falmouth | Pendennis Marina (Inner) |
| 12 | 5 | June | Falmouth | Helford | Beautiful evening sail |
| 13 | 6 | June | Helford | Penzance | Around The Lizard. |
| 14-15 | 7-8 | June | At Penzance | In the “wet dock”. Walked to Marazion and met Bishop David. Jay & Victoria Depart Roger Cleave and Tom Fitzpatrick joined | |
| 16 | 9 | June | Penzance | St Marys Isles of Scilly | Crowded visitor moorings. Met vicar in Hughtown |
| 17 | 10 | June | St Marys | New Grimsby Sound | |
| 18 | 11 | June | At New Grimsby Sound | Visited Tresco Abbey Gardens and Bryer (Fraggle Rock pub) | |
| 19 | 12 | June | Isles of Scilly | Carbis Bay | Windy overnight anchorage |
| 20 | 13 | June | Carbis Bay / St Ives | Padstow | Tom departed (tender into St Ives harbour) Barney Lynes joined |
| 21 | 14 | June | At Padstow | Cooked Fish Pie ! | |
| 22 | 15 | June | Padstow | Lundy Island | Beautiful anchorage |
| 23 | 16 | June | Lundy | At sea | Overnight sail up Bristol Channel |
| 24 | 17 | June | At sea | Portishead Marina | Very helpful marina staff |
| 25 | 18 | June | Portishead | Bristol | Floating Harbour – pontoon in front of the Arnolfini |
| 26-32 | 19 – 25 | June | At Bristol | Hot and sunny weather Moved to Baltic Wharf for the weekend and then back to Arnolfini Roger and Barney departed John Terrington joined | |
| 33 | 26 | June | Bristol | Cardiff | Windy sail – wind over tide |
| 34 | 27 | June | At Cardiff | Martha & Daf for dinner at Cardiff Bay Yacht Club Arthur Wright joined | |
| 35 | 28 | June | Cardiff | Oxwich Bay | At anchor |
| 36 | 29 | June | Oxwich Bay | Tenby | At Anchor |
| 37 | 30 | June | At Tenby | Adie, Debbie, Gemma and Ben (plus Woody the dog) visited for breakfast at anchor. Arthur departed. | |
| 38 | 1 | July | Tenby | Milford Haven | |
| 39-43 | 2 – 6 | July | At Milford Haven | Milford Marina. John departed. Hamish joined 😊 | |
| 44 | 7 | July | Milford Haven | Skomer Island, South Haven | At anchor with the Puffins! |
| 45 | 8 | July | Skomer | Fishguard | Through Jack Sound and Ramsey Sound Anchorage at Lower Town |
| 46 | 9 | July | At Fishguard | Beautiful weather | |
| 47 | 10 | July | Fishguard | Aberystwyth | Via New Quay for the afternoon. |
| 48 | 11 | July | At Aberystwyth | Hot weather. Matthew Jones joined. | |
| 49 | 12 | July | Aberystwyth | Aberdaron Bay | Lovely anchorage |
| 50 | 13 | July | Aberdaron | Porth Dinllaen | Sailed past Bardsey Island |
| 51 | 14 | July | Porth Dinllaen | Caernarfon – Victoria Dock | Sailed across the Caernarfon Bar |
| 52 | 15 | July | At Caernarfon | Very windy day. Guided walking tour with Melissa | |
| 53 | 16 | July | Caernarfon | Dulas Bay, Anglesey | Hamish departed Caernarfon ☹ Through Menai Strait NE on last of the flood tide. |
| 54 | 17 | July | Dulas Bay | Conwy Marina | Around Puffin Island |
| 55-58 | 18-21 | July | At Conwy | Matthew departed Janet and Jim Lloyd joined | |
| 59 | 22 | July | Conwy | Caernarfon | Via stop at Beaumaris to await the tide for passage through The Swellies (narrow bit of the Menai). Last orders at the RWYC. |
| 60 | 23 | July | Caernarfon | Pilots Cove, Llanddwen Island | Beautiful anchorage. Harpist playing on the beach. |
| 61 | 24 | July | Pilots Cove | Holyhead. | Past South Stack. Moored alongside remains of pontoon in the marina (destroyed by a gale). |
| 62 | 25 | July | Holyhead | Derby Haven, Isle of Man | Good 50NM sail |
| 63 | 26 | July | Derby Haven IoM | Douglas | Inner Marina |
| 64-65 | 27-28 | July | At Douglas | Janet and Jim departed Up Snaefell. Laxey. | |
| 66 | 29 | July | Douglas | Garwick Bay, IoM | |
| 67 | 30 | July | Garwick Bay | Whitehaven Marina | |
| 68-69 | 31 – 1 | July Aug | At Whitehaven | Richard, Jo and Anna Fothergill visited for lunch | |
| 70 | 2 | Aug | Whitehaven | Little Ross Island | Anchorage at the Dee Estuary. Scotland 😊 |
| 71 | 3 | Aug | Little Ross Island | Kirkcudbright Marina | Up the channel in the mist and rain |
| 72-76 | 4-8 | Aug | At Kirkcudbright | Excellent shelter from Storm Floris Emily, Owen, Lydia, Eloise, and Sarah Fraser visited Amanda and Andrew visited Brian & Julia Archibald visited J&J visited Lichen Alice McNeile joined. | |
| 77 | 9 | Aug | Kirkcudbright | At sea | Night departure from Kirkcudbright |
| 78 | 10 | Aug | At sea East Tarbet Bay | East Tarbet Bay, Mull of Kintyre Bangor Marina, NI | Anchorage for sleep and await the tide round the Mull Met by Roger and Annabel and filmed by Roger’s drone |
| 79 | 11 | Aug | At Bangor | Jo’s Birthday! Johnny Andrews and Annabel joined. | |
| 80 | 12 | Aug | Bangor | Strangford | Through the narrows and alongside at Strangford pontoon. Annabel departed. |
| 81 | 13 | Aug | At Strangford | Relaxing day at Peapod BBQ with Cleaves and Wilsons | |
| 82 | 14 | Aug | Strangford | Braddock Island | Mooring for “A Capella” Drinks on Braddock with lots of the Andrews family Dinner at Daft Eddie’s Johnny departed. |
| 83 | 15 | Aug | Braddock Island | Strangford | Via Malee Island. Brief grounding on “McKeowns Rock” (not shown on Admiralty Chart ☹) |
| 84 | 16 | Aug | Strangford | Belfast, Abercorn Basin marina | Roger joined for the sail. Right into the centre of the city. |
| 85 | 17 | Aug | Belfast | Bangor Marina | Evening sail. |
| 86 | 18 | Aug | At Bangor | Chris & Chrissie Dobbs joined | |
| 87 | 19 | Aug | Bangor | Glenarm Marina | |
| 88 | 20 | Aug | Glenarm | Rathlin Island | Pontoon in Church Bay |
| 89 | 21 | Aug | At Rathlin Island | Good walking | |
| 90 | 22 | Aug | Rathlin Island | Port Ballintrae | Picked up a mooring near the harbour. Visited by Nicola and Bob |
| 91 | 23 | Aug | Port Ballintrae | Portrush | Via anchorage at The Skerries |
| 92-93 | 24-25 | Aug | At Portrush | Chris & Chrissie departed Rory McNeile joined | |
| 94 | 26 | Aug | Portrush | Sanda Island (off Mull of Kintyre) | Anchorage in North Bay. Very windy night and forenoon. Anchor fouled on old mooring tackle. |
| 95 | 27 | Aug | Sanda Island | Campbeltown | Afternoon sail when the wind had eased. Bottlenose Dolphins. |
| 96 | 28 | Aug | At Campbeltown | ||
| 97 | 29 | Aug | Campbeltown | Colintraive, Kyles of Bute | Dinner at Colintraive Hotel 😊 |
| 98 | 30 | Aug | Colintraive | Ardrossan | Into Clyde Marina as storm forecast |
| 99 | 31 | Aug | To Glasgow on train | Visit to Glasgow Cathedral | |
| 100 | 1 | Sep | At Ardrossan |