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Where should we aim for this year?
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:38 am
by Nick
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Baltic? Long way, but not so far from Peterhead.
West coast of Ireland? (deja vu but we did promise we'd go back)
Faroes?
Orkney (again?)
Shetland (ditto)
Or just back to Hebfest and Sail Stornoway and down the Hebs again? Repetitive but always rewarding . . . and maybe the Monachs this year.
Re: Where should we aim for this year?
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 9:54 am
by wully
The west coast of Ireland - great places and great people.
Go there first then to Heb Celt Fest.
Sorted.
Re: Where should we aim for this year?
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 7:06 pm
by Mavanier
Cruise in company to Faroe, late June; back in time for Sail Stornoway.
Re: Where should we aim for this year?
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:22 pm
by Nick
Mavanier wrote:Cruise in company to Faroe, late June; back in time for Sail Stornoway.
Hmmm . . . hadn't thought about Faroe before Sail Stornoway, but why not?
(Apart from probably the weather of course . . . .)
Re: Where should we aim for this year?
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:23 pm
by jim.r
Grrenland?
Re: Where should we aim for this year?
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:34 pm
by ParaHandy
G-ranton closer to erm home?
Re: Where should we aim for this year?
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:44 pm
by jim.r
I've heard Nnnewton Creek is a popular destination!
Re: Where should we aim for this year?
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 3:04 pm
by Ocklepoint
Hebfest then Barrafest two weeks later
Re: Where should we aim for this year?
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:39 pm
by marisca
Ocklepoint wrote:Hebfest then Barrafest two weeks later
A liver can only take so much .....
Re: Where should we aim for this year?
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:26 am
by ubergeekian
I had great plans for last year. Four weeks booked off work, so through the canal, Iona, Barra, St Kilda if an opportunity arose, Skye, that sort of thing. And what happened? Work pressure knocked off a week of leave, a keel repair overran, mainly because of crappy weather and further crappy weather delayed the eventual start.
We got to Millport and back.
Second attempt was in September/October. Two weeks booked off to play around the Firth of Clyde. Day 1: motored 100yds from mooring to marina berth. Days 2 - 10: sheltered in marina from gales, rain and hail. Day 11: motored out of marina, sailed to Rothesay and back, motored back into marina, left boat ready to be lifted out, went home to arrange family funeral.
This year I'm hoping to circumnavigate Bute. Anything more will be a welcome bonus.
Re: Where should we aim for this year?
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:52 pm
by wully
While we were cramming fillet of deed coo doon oor necks ( mine with Roquefort, hers with cepes) we discussed our cruising plans this year.
In no particular order - other that the weather - these are:
1. Nice high pressure - go down wind in boatie. An eastery start would be nice thanks.
2. Nice low pressure - go to Tiree on the ferry with a van load of windsurfing kit.
3. Typical dreech-ness - suit up and clear off on motorbikes, possibly to the Newcastle-Amsterdam ferry, then where ever.
You can be abs-o-lootley certain that the weather will feck us up no matter what we plan
Re: Where should we aim for this year?
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:44 pm
by Mark
Nick wrote:.
Baltic?
Judging by the Stockholm Archipelago it's nice, really nice. But no better than the West coast of Scotland in my view. Not worth leaving the West Coast for the Baltic IMHO.
Nick wrote:Faroes?
A mate who did the Faroes really rated it and from the photos it looked spectacular. (And once you're at the Faroes you're half way to Iceland which really appeals to me for some reason).
Re: Where should we aim for this year?
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:50 pm
by Mark
Re: Where should we aim for this year?
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:17 pm
by Aja
Land?
Donald
Re: Where should we aim for this year?
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 5:46 pm
by knightvision
Last year we did avoiding the gales and storms, and a trip to Skye, via a distillery or three.
This year we are going Orkney and perhaps then the Faroe Islands. I've got 4 weeks off in June/July and then again another few weeks in September, hopefully this time without the gales and storms.
