My huge thanks to Graham Mann and his crew who’ve taken Tyrian the 256nm this week from Campbeltown to Kinlochbervie, leaving at midnight on Monday and arriving this afternoon. 39 hour straight sail. Awesome job! Looking forward to joining the crew tomorrow for the final push ‘over the top’, through the Pentland Firth and onward…
We left Bantry in good spirit with all known leaks attended to, a good forecast for sailing up the Irish Sea and the mast shim issue fixed. Our planned destination was Belfast though we remained open to this changing as the weather dictated. By the second day at sea, we opted to go for Campbeltown,…
We set sail from Falmouth bound for Bantry with a relatively gentle force 3 wind on the the nose. This rose steadily toward a North Westerly Force 8 gale by the time we reached the entrance to Bantry bay, accompanied by a 2m – 3m swell. Whilst the engine performed well, the sails remained down.…
