Skye at Night…165 Miles to the Finish of the Length of Britain Sailing Record
Dusk off Skye ends a productive, scenic day in favourable reaching conditions 165Nms to the finish line. A long, cold night in prospect as [...]
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“I Fell in Love with the Ocean!” Sean Conway
"Hour 54 and I've finally got my sea-legs. I always knew I was going to be seasick but wished it had passed a little quicker. [...]
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Seeing the Light
Skerryvore lighthouse, 12 miles SW of the island of Tiree, the tallest lighthouse in Scotland at 156 feet, is this morning’s seemingly omnipresent landmark for [...]
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Half Way to John O’Groats
Tacking up the Northern Irish coast this afternoon, at 1600hrs just six miles NE of Larne, Phil Sharp and crew have just passed the half [...]
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Slamming Upwind into the Depths of the Hostile North Channel
"It's 2pm on day 2 of the Length of Britain record attempt and we have just entered the North Channel off Belfast, 270 mile from [...]
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Hwyl Fawr Cymru – Goodbye Wales
Now with almost one third of their Length of Britain record completed, leaving the latitude of the north westernmost tip of Wales at 0700hrs UTC [...]