Monthly Archives: July 2011

Lovely place to spend a day off!  A day off it may be, but I have loads planned today.  Chris, Pete and John have never been to Dublin so they planned to take the DART (Dublin Area Rapid Transport) in … Continue reading →

Good morning everyone! Its 9am and we are well on our way to Dublin. Howth to be exact and we have had lots of discussion about its pronunciation! There is a very strange entry in the log from last night … Continue reading →

We have had a fabulous few days of sailing, but unlucky today, as there is very little breeze and it is “right on our nose”.  This means we had to motor most of the day to Arklow.  This part of … Continue reading →

Spent a lovely evening at the yacht club. Fabulous value in Wales – we moored for free, and could use the facilities of the club as long as we put some money across the bar!  I made full use of … Continue reading →

Its 4.30am and I have just finished my watch which started at 2am – I feel as high as a kite as I have just had a beautiful sail! I woke naturally at 1.50 and was ready to take over … Continue reading →

Woken this morning to a fabulous view of the Scilly Isles – absolutely beautiful.  We were all a little split between wanting to spend more time in the Scilly’s balanced with the desire to move forward with our namesake – … Continue reading →

Had a lovely meal in the pub – “The Chain Locker” in Falmouth along with a couple of pints of Doom Bar – lovely stuff!  I wasnt grateful for it at 2am/4am/6am when it was all a bit too much … Continue reading →

RBE Day 21 – Cawsand to Falmouth Beautiful part of the world to anchor up to – we all settled down to sleep when the fireworks from Cawsand Beach started.  I felt poorly, but my curiosity became too much so … Continue reading →

Its a beautiful morning, sun is shining and there is a lovely breeze – perfect day for a fabulous sail.  However – here I am sitting writing a blog waiting to go as we had a little housekeeping problem this … Continue reading →

Welcome to the new blog for the Round Britain Experience! The RBE is more than the name of a boat – it is a 12 week experience, starting and ending in London and circumnavigating the British Isles RBE 2011   … Continue reading →