The Adventures of Iain & Steve in Silver Mist

Name: richard kell
Comments: you left a month ahead of when I expected you too and now I have found you are back a week before I thought you would be so sorry this a late addition-again!
Pity we couldn't have met up in Aldeburgh - could have taken you on a jaunt to Bradwell Power Station - excellent place to spend the night aground...
Congratulations to you both - a fantastic achievement
Date: 2010-08-02 21:27:08

Name: kate
Comments:

Hi there, WELCOME HOME!!!!! Have you got your land legs back yet?? Enjoy being home and i will be in touch soon. LOL XXXX
Date: 2010-07-28 20:30:12

Name: rosie and paul
Comments: Congratulations and welcome back to dry land!
See you soon
R&P
Date: 2010-07-23 07:54:14

Name: declan
Comments:

Round the corner at last ! I was exhausted just waiting. Well done on an epic trip.
Date: 2010-07-22 09:20:47

Name: Tony
Comments: Well done chaps, cracking job, remaining very envious [I think], nearly there....!
Date: 2010-07-20 20:18:05

Name: BrissleBlueExile
Comments: Hope youse have a good trip round the corner and don't do anything S(c)illy when you get there. You see what I just did there?

Toffees did well in Brisbane - Rodwell opener for the 2-1 was magnificent.

Back to Jard now, home again Aug 02. See you soon after? Have a good trip home.
Date: 2010-07-17 21:56:23

Name: jackie
Comments: captains log seems to have soplved our problem of gp rep for the brave new nhs. welcome back Iain
Jackie
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Date: 2010-07-16 15:43:31

Name: Bambino
Comments: Ahhhh - well done Maggie for bringing the good weather to the boys! (Could you send some this way? South Wales is decidedly soggy right now)
Congratulations everyone on a fantastic trip. Hope you really enjoy the final stage - and see you back on terra firma!
Date: 2010-07-15 19:14:24

Name: BrissleBlueExile
Comments: Lost causes? Nah.

Unless you include Saha being the penno taker. Missed one in the first minute in Melbourne.

Presume you'll be skulking in Plymouth until the gentle breezes die down? In which case, find the Devonshire, just up North St from Regent Street. Up in the warren of streets just uphill of the Uni and the battered church in the roundabout. Tis a bit of a difficult place to find but worth the trip. Great scran and proper beer there.
Date: 2010-07-15 16:26:04

Name: Ian O
Comments:
The journey is very impressive - excellent

Date: 2010-07-15 15:31:57

Name: steve b
Comments: every cloud has a silver lining
Date: 2010-07-14 17:33:37

Name: Jo Wyld
Comments:

Sorry I missed you before departure Chris but hope you are havingnot too much of a swell time.....sorry I think after 22 years Charlie's sense of humour is finally rubbing off! Love to you both from both of us and looking forward to seeing the seadogs home.xx
Date: 2010-07-13 19:09:42

Name: debbie
Comments: Hi iain (and chris)

How chuffed or not are you with today's White Paper - new jobs for both of you! I think I'd stay on board and do the trip in reverse! Hope all well Dx
Date: 2010-07-12 23:37:41

Name: BrissleBlueExile
Comments: This one is for Steve. Sorry folks but hang in there - you may catch on to WSAG humour ... this came up just now Steve and I thought you'd like a good arf

"Liverpool have acted quickly to sign unknown Spanish striker Raoul Moat. All Hodgson has heard is he’s an excellent shot and wanted all over Europe."

I'll get me coat .....
Date: 2010-07-09 22:59:31

Name: BrissleBlueExile
Comments: They've deffo missed loads out - did not do a twirl around the Gormley sculptures off Crosby, missed out Rockall and as already noted, jibbed off the He Brides and Shetland. Have no idea what will happen when the Silly Isles hove into view.

Seriously, I bet Steve has the echo sounder going full time off that coast - imagine a Torrey Canyon type slick? Except that this time it would prob be Guinness.

You lads being hampered by warm weather fog along that stretch?

Don't forget to flick the V's at Arl Arse Face 'Arry as you sail past Sandbanks in Poole ....

Date: 2010-07-09 13:34:32

Name: steve b
Comments: you guys in Plymouth Monday?
Date: 2010-07-08 19:23:38

Name: Jackie
Comments: does the british isles also include the channel islands and the falklands- now there's a thought? hope Chris isn'tgetting too seasick
jackie
Date: 2010-07-08 17:34:06

Name: kate
Comments:

Hello, how are you all doing?? I hope the new ships mate is having a good time and that the weather improves for you, i am SOOOO enjoying following your exploits..apart from the close encounters with B I G boats...Take care and enjoy the rest of your trip.XX
Date: 2010-07-08 00:52:30

Name: BrissleBlueExile
Comments: Right there, missing them out - reckon they should go back and do it again. Tis like coming up short of the cones on shuttle runs - cheatin gets. AND they missed out the Shetlands. Prob thought it might lead to an overshoot to NorwayPfft.

Bet they go the short way past the Isle of Wight, too.
Date: 2010-07-02 23:41:27

Name: OldPierre
Comments: Thort you were going round Great Britain - how come you missed out going round the He Brides?

Some lovely beaches out there!
Date: 2010-07-02 09:54:12

Name: BrissleBlueExile
Comments: Wot? A 60 mile dash across the Thames? Missed Sarfend? An enterprising jellied eels fella had been reading the blog and had parked up on the end to tend to yr every need! Pshaw ...

looking forward to yr report on Eastbourne - just don't get grounded on stray, sunken zimmer frames
Date: 2010-07-01 13:01:16

Name: John
Comments: The outline of your passage traced out by the little boats on the map looks more like a pregnant version of the UK

Date: 2010-07-01 08:16:22

Name: Don
Comments: wow - you're in the Channel!

let me get my oilies and I'll jump on at Gilkicker Point......
Date: 2010-06-30 23:49:30

Name: BrissleBlueExile
Comments: Back from France (had a lovely trip across from Calais on a SlowFrance ferry - obviously, they did it at that speed cos I'd asked the skipper if he could give youse a chance to overtake us ...) and have now enjoyed reading the back log.

Judith has seen Maggie a couple of times, jogging The Downs.

Much relieved to read that you're being stalked by a warship - should reduce the chances of being pirated, that. Only said that to up the Steve Worry Quotient .... hah!

Looking forward to reading about yr exploits, parked at the end of Sarfend Pier, before the dash across to the delights of Ramsgate.
Date: 2010-06-30 14:01:48

Name: jackie
Comments: Love the photo of the puffin. you are missing some amazing tennis. what are you going to do when you get back early?
jackie
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Date: 2010-06-25 21:38:32

Name: Maggie
Comments: There must have been a fair bit of rain in Derby overnight by the look of the map this morning!

Maggie
Date: 2010-06-23 09:05:57

Name: steve boyle
Comments: you guys are fair yomping down the east coast
Date: 2010-06-19 15:36:28

Name: kate
Comments:

I am loving the photos,great to see johnathan, I too am enjoying being transported into another world at the end of the day. Have fun i hope the weather stays fine for you and keep taking the photos. xx
Date: 2010-06-18 21:32:18

Name: Graham and Joy Nix
Comments: Steve. It is as much fun to read your log as it was to read the Christmas cards in the early 1990's! Where are the drawings to go with the words? Your adventure sounds fun. Enjoy and be safe.
Ps spent Thursday interviewing with Chris Hine hence knowing about the website.
Date: 2010-06-18 19:17:10

Name: Declan
Comments:

Hi Iain, We are off on holiday , back on the 3rd July, the rate you are going I expect you will be well past the Solent again unless you detour via the French coast ? Boulogne or Fecamp perhaps ??
A really excellent website , as a shortcut on my desktop I can be transported to another world in between coughs ,haemorrhoids and lumbago , without getting cold or seasick. Enjoy your travels ! Declan

Date: 2010-06-18 08:36:06

Name: John
Comments: The outline of your passage traced out by the little boats on the map looks more like a pregnant version of the UK

Date: 2010-07-01 08:16:22

Name: Don
Comments: wow - you're in the Channel!

let me get my oilies and I'll jump on at Gilkicker Point......
Date: 2010-06-30 23:49:30

Name: jackie
Comments: Love the photo of the puffin. you are missing some amazing tennis. what are you going to do when you get back early?
jackie
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Date: 2010-06-25 21:38:32

Name: Maggie
Comments: There must have been a fair bit of rain in Derby overnight by the look of the map this morning!

Maggie
Date: 2010-06-23 09:05:57

Name: steve boyle
Comments: you guys are fair yomping down the east coast
Date: 2010-06-19 15:36:28

Name: kate
Comments:

Name: Declan
Comments:

Name: Tony
Comments: Well done chaps, have been following with interest and very envious and in admiration of your exploits- keep it up; the real world is still awaiting you, just think of all that Docman to read!
Date: 2010-06-17 22:04:56

Name: Jackie
Comments: Are you bringing any arbroath smokies back? looks like you are ahead of shedule- have only coloured in 6 boats so far
btw- i think i gave sue wrong mobile no
Date: 2010-06-16 12:08:27

Name: janette
Comments:

hope Peter is a hard working crew & in particular sharing his turns in the galley it might make wetherspoons attractive!
Date: 2010-06-15 21:27:08

Name: kate
Comments:

Hi there everybody, hiya peter hope you have a great trip, the other new crew member looks interesting.... I wish you more safe sailing guys. kate.XX
Date: 2010-06-13 18:06:51

Name: Rob
Comments: Good company plus a sound yacht in a superb sailing area makes for a great time. Rounding Cape Wrath and visiting the Orkney Isles were a real bonus. Many thanks for a super trip and wishing you good sailing for the second half of your journey.
Date: 2010-06-13 13:31:47

Name: Peter Redshaw
Comments: Hi , Ihave been checking trains , contcts etc , any chance you could go into North Berwick , we have friends who have a flat overlooking the harbour and say ther are yachts moored in the harbour
Thanks see you soon

Date: 2010-06-11 12:05:10

Name: Don
Comments: So my sellotape and string repairs on the spray hood weren't good enough for you, eh?

Seriously, it's good to see you making such good progress.

Don
Date: 2010-06-11 09:07:40

Name: Guy and Margaret
Comments: Glad to hear you are having fun - very envious. Great photos.
Love Guy and Mags
Date: 2010-06-10 20:13:47

Name: Paul
Comments: this voyage is clearly a disaster - engine failure times 27, sprayhood [is that something to do with the shower?], not a single reference to twins, no engerlaaannn flags on display...... so i have to ask -----how is my bung? [S. B. please try to avoid the temptation of double entendres here] Do you care for it and about it? Is it safe? Have you varnished it according to the instruction manual?
PS - why does the boat symbol on the map make me think of Captain Pugwash, semen stains and mastur bates?
PPS - great website guys, giving lots of us plenty of info and entertainment - keep it up.
Date: 2010-06-10 17:51:23

Name: kate
Comments:

hurrah...you have found natural yog!!!! keep up the good work. Weather here is awful. Take care.x
Date: 2010-06-09 19:49:38

Name: jack Lee
Comments: Hi Lain + Steve,
Great to see you, albeit briefly, in Arbroath! We will be in Edinburgh from Thursday to Sunday. Understand that you are going past so will read your blog with interest.

Check out my blog/ charity www.sailbritain,org when you get the chance!
Date: 2010-06-09 13:54:34

Name: Jackie
Comments: Glad t see you are making progress and Iain is relaxed as usual. just to let you know we were approved as trainign pratice today- thety didn't meet Iain!
x
Date: 2010-06-08 21:29:14

Name: Tracy
Comments: Can't believe the weather is so grey. When I went to Kinlochbervie in June I got badly sunburnt!

Hope you're having fun, all that sleeping and sock washing looks pretty high adrenaline!
Date: 2010-06-07 16:52:04

Name: Declan ,Barry and John
Comments: Hi Ian from your erstwhile crew mates, Turkey was not the same without your presence but we did our best to enjoy ourselves. Sounds as though you'r having a great time , hopefully spotting possible trips for future lad's sailing weeks . Was Portree the porpoise of your trip ? We swam with a turtle in Turkey . Cheers Declan
Date: 2010-06-03 18:08:18

Name: TheFremantleSquares
Comments: As it is going so well we have already started planning the welcome home ceremony. Kevin will wear his rhino head in a special Druid sea spirit incantation and naked mermaids will adorn Fremantle Square. The chant will be 'Sea kelp! Sea Kelp!' (get it?). So please supply fish tails, seaweed and seashells to protect vital parts (Jeremy only wants barnacles).
Date: 2010-06-02 21:45:47

Name: Sue Green
Comments: It all looks wonderfully blokey! Drizzly here today but I think forecast fro Scotland is good so you should be laughing!
Have fun x
Date: 2010-06-01 12:59:49

Name: Steve Boyle
Comments:

You seem to be having fun. Keeping an eye on the trip is the nearest I will get to sailing these days
Date: 2010-05-31 18:51:56

Name: BrissleBlueExile
Comments:

Got to leave youse for a bit now - off to Jard in the morning.

Mind, since you seem to be racing far too quickly up the left hand side of the werld, why not turn round, go downhill for about 1200 km and pull in to the Port de Plaisance at Jard and have a few scoops with me? You know it makes sense.

Steve knows exactly where the decent restaurants and bars are in Jard so, hey, do it! You could hook on to Pont D'Agen in the Bay of Biscay and get a tow all the way back up to Lands End afterwards ...... 22 knots for 8 hours would shake all the dust out of the bilges y'know
Date: 2010-05-31 00:50:58

Name: kate
Comments:

Hi Iain, fab photos especially the socks!! Hope the rain has stopped and you are getting some sun, have you found any natural yog yet? All the best and have fun! lots of love. kate.x
Date: 2010-05-30 18:38:22

Name: jackie
Comments: hi Iain and mates. just got back from 2 weeks n scotland- excellent weather tho snow on hills on last day. didn't see you passingMull or skye tho did look. saw porpoises adn minke whale and seals
happy sailing x
Date: 2010-05-30 09:31:34

Name: janette
Comments:

hope Peter is a hard working crew & in particular sharing his turns in the galley it might make wetherspoons attractive!
Date: 2010-06-15 21:27:08

Name: kate
Comments:

Hi there everybody, hiya peter hope you have a great trip, the other new crew member looks interesting.... I wish you more safe sailing guys. kate.XX
Date: 2010-06-13 18:06:51

Date: 2010-06-11 12:05:10

Name: Guy and Margaret
Comments: Glad to hear you are having fun - very envious. Great photos.
Love Guy and Mags
Date: 2010-06-10 20:13:47

Name: kate
Comments:

hurrah...you have found natural yog!!!! keep up the good work. Weather here is awful. Take care.x
Date: 2010-06-09 19:49:38

Name: Sue Green
Comments: It all looks wonderfully blokey! Drizzly here today but I think forecast fro Scotland is good so you should be laughing!
Have fun x
Date: 2010-06-01 12:59:49

Name: Steve Boyle
Comments:

You seem to be having fun. Keeping an eye on the trip is the nearest I will get to sailing these days
Date: 2010-05-31 18:51:56

Name: BrissleBlueExile
Comments:

Name: kate
Comments:

Name: Imelda
Comments: Hello sailors,

I was wondering when Don was going to start giving you the "rock talks".... I bet he hasn't stopped. Never take him to the Alps, it's murder.... The photos look amazing. Snow, eh? Oh well, I think I'll just go for a little dip in the pool... Ship ahoi, or whatever you say. Have a wonderful trip.
Date: 2010-05-28 17:24:14

Name: Mark
Comments: You're making good progress but I fear you're passing through the best of the UK coastline too fast! At this rate you'll be back ahead of schedule, and kicking yourselves you didn't take the opportunity to spend a wee while longer in some of the communities you come across. Don't make a race out of it, relax and savour it! Mark I
Date: 2010-05-28 16:07:55

Name: Maggie
Comments: Hello Sailor Boys

The scenery looks wonderful but did you know there is a forecast of snow on the hills in Scotland. This could turn into a quest for the North West passage rather than a summer cruise.

Maggie

Date: 2010-05-27 14:37:41

Name: Sue Skidmore
Comments: Hi Dr Hine have just returned from Prague had a great time didn't miss work at all ,hope you are having a good voyage and great exploration of all the pubs in the British Isles miss you take care Skids x
Date: 2010-05-27 12:47:50

Name: kate
Comments:

Hi there, how are you diddling??? so pleased to see that the engine is now sorted and you are well on your way, had a girly supper last week, rachel made the pud....YUMMY. All the best to you all, fab pics. ooo have you found nat yog???
Date: 2010-05-26 23:11:28

Name: Caroline Williams
Comments: Hi - just picked up your text message and will pass it on. Weather still good here but biggest surprise is ....... we're up to date with the typing, so you must be the doc with the highest referrals!!! Have fun.
Date: 2010-05-26 15:22:55

Name: Rob
Comments: Well done, you're making fantastic progress. Hope you enjoyed the splendid views of the Small Isles as you headed for Skye. Looking forward to joining on the next leg.
Date: 2010-05-26 14:59:20

Name: Jane
Comments: Est l'eau c'est l'heures (say it rather than read it!) Does the engine always break down near a pub?

Have a great trip - and hurry back.

Jane
Date: 2010-05-25 17:46:13

Name: Diane and Carolyn
Comments: following your voyage with great interest and enjoying your logs we are all fine sweltering in this 'non air conditioned office as usual' must dash someone has to keep this place running efficiently! Watch out for snow in your area tonight!!
Date: 2010-05-25 15:20:19

Name: BrissleBlueExile
Comments:

Thoroughly enjoying the Log. Wondered whether you'd be using the Crinan instead of sailing that desolate, rocky coast .. glad to see you did. Been hotter'n'hell in Brissle but thankfully cooling down now so while the veggies have been almost wilting in this heat maybe they'll now grow on a bit.
Silly season news - the Denims have asked if they can have Arteta for £20m. Pfft - a zero missing there, Mr Mancini. And Spart is still gone missing from WSAG!
The Ardbeg distillery is deffo worth a side visit. Do it!
Date: 2010-05-25 13:02:34

Name: Bob Russell (Russ)
Comments: Good to see the Sea Cadets leading the way and if I'm not mistaken with a working engine!
Enjoy the trip - I'm very jelous
Date: 2010-05-25 09:18:50

Name: Geoffrey Ford
Comments: Hi Steve. I trust you are following the itinerary of the relevant volume by A. Ransome - 'Great Northern?'
All the best
Geoffrey
Date: 2010-05-25 09:07:51

Name: debbie sharp
Comments: Hi Iain

good to talk if only unintentionally! Weather here really hot so enjoy it while it is cool. Hope engine continues to behave. Regards to Steve Debbie et al x
Date: 2010-05-24 20:58:35

Name: SueGrears
Comments: Hello how are you all are having pussers rum like proper sailers.Iain missing you lots heating still on in Caple Rd every time I go to turn off I get a NO in my head. seeing Mr Nelson tomorrow going to ask him to stretch me 2 inches so I will look slimmer .Have lost 12lbs so far pining for you . Lots of love Sue Grears

Date: 2010-05-23 22:41:08

Name: Linda
Comments: There seems to be an awful lot of engine use on this sail round Britain. Maybe you shold have packed a set of bellows?
Date: 2010-05-23 19:53:35

Name: Mike Ruscoe
Comments:

Glad the dodgy engine has got you on the move again and that Don has been able to board. Watching with interest.
Mike
Date: 2010-05-23 09:10:24

Name: BrissleBlueExile
Comments:

Never thought I'd see the day when an Evertonian allows the words St John to be used in public. For shame. Good piccie mind, and the caption allows youse to let off with a warning.
Enjoying the Log and glad to see youse are at last approaching God's Own Country. Say hullo to my ancestors when you reach Appin Stewart country
Date: 2010-05-20 13:17:55

Name: Declan
Comments:

Glad your on the move today to the land of the peat coloured nectar, presumably humming along to the Mcartney tune ? thanks for email , actually we are not off til this saturday
Date: 2010-05-20 09:03:46

Name: Jo Wyld
Comments:

Hope you are doing ok we have been keeping an eye on chris; she and rachel were too busy to come to our concert having a girls night out.....keep drinking the malt! xxxxJo
Date: 2010-05-17 18:42:57

Name: Peter & Eirwen
Comments: Hello all
Given your site on Saturday, looks like there will be a lot of wetting inside rather than outside with the engine problems.

Good luck
Date: 2010-05-17 14:51:38

Name: Sue Green
Comments: It all looks wonderfully blokey! Drizzly here today but I think forecast fro Scotland is good so you should be laughing!
Have fun x
Date: 2010-06-01 12:59:49

Name: Steve Boyle
Comments:

You seem to be having fun. Keeping an eye on the trip is the nearest I will get to sailing these days
Date: 2010-05-31 18:51:56

Name: BrissleBlueExile
Comments:

Name: kate
Comments:

Name: BrissleBlueExile
Comments:

Name: Bob Russell (Russ)
Comments: Good to see the Sea Cadets leading the way and if I'm not mistaken with a working engine!
Enjoy the trip - I'm very jelous
Date: 2010-05-25 09:18:50

Name: Geoffrey Ford
Comments: Hi Steve. I trust you are following the itinerary of the relevant volume by A. Ransome - 'Great Northern?'
All the best
Geoffrey
Date: 2010-05-25 09:07:51

Date: 2010-05-23 22:41:08

Name: Linda
Comments: There seems to be an awful lot of engine use on this sail round Britain. Maybe you shold have packed a set of bellows?
Date: 2010-05-23 19:53:35

Name: Mike Ruscoe
Comments:

Glad the dodgy engine has got you on the move again and that Don has been able to board. Watching with interest.
Mike
Date: 2010-05-23 09:10:24

Name: BrissleBlueExile
Comments:

Name: Declan
Comments:

Name: Jo Wyld
Comments:

Name: declan
Comments: Hi ! so sorry to hear about the engine , only discovered the website on friday and that you had started ! Had a similar problem on our Westerly Pageant we had to hand crank and flip the decompression lever , very tricky. I think it still had the fault when we sold it.
Off to Gocek in Turkey next saturday weather permitting, will text when we are on the boat .
Have lots of Guiness whilst you getting engine sorted , say hello to the highlands/islands/dolphins for us . Cheers Declan also John,Barry
Date: 2010-05-16 22:36:48

Name: Mark (Namaste0
Comments: Hello guys - good to meet with you briefly at Ardglass and Bangor. What you're doing's great and I hope you get as much out of it as I did 4 years ago. Don't worry about a bit of a night sail though if it otherwise stops you reaching somewhere you'd like to see - you only get this chance once in your life - enjoy! Mark I
Date: 2010-05-16 15:41:02

Name: Rosie
Comments: I sympathise...on my marathon cycle trek to London I got puncture 5 miles from home - I think this is my equivalent of your engine woes! Now you are on the move again, hope your trip is as great as mine turned out to be....
Date: 2010-05-14 13:41:33

Name: ANDREW AND JULIA
Comments: Glad to see you re still afloat!! Enjoy the experience.Why miss out Cardigan Bay?
Date: 2010-05-13 18:45:18

Name: Keith F
Comments: This engine business is really beyond stoical jokes. Good to see you on the move again but I'm sorry to hear that all the travails in Dun laoghaire have not resolved the problem. Good luck - hope you get the thing sorted out this time for good. Keith
Date: 2010-05-12 23:03:26

Name: jackie
Comments: a thought. if you are sailing round gb who needs an engine?
x
Date: 2010-05-12 21:20:07

Name: Peter Redshaw
Comments: Hi ,
Keep smiling through the problems of the engine ,fun keeping an eye on your progress , have decided to join you a little earlier if Possible ? and sail Berwick to Bridlingtonish ?
Best wishes
Peter

Date: 2010-05-12 19:57:10

Name: Paul Archer
Comments: Hey have you discovered potatoes or tobacco yet.You do realise unless you slow down you will have to do 2 laps of the GB circuit or come back to work early! Stay safe look out for basking shark for me - all the very best me hearty- Paul
Date: 2010-05-11 15:30:51

Name: kate
Comments:

suprise!!! how you all doing? Have you reached the showers?? a VERY long walk indeed.Enjoying the photos. Take care and have fun.
Date: 2010-05-10 22:15:36

Name: jackie
Comments: sure this is not just an excuse to sample more guiness?
hope you get underway soon.

Date: 2010-05-10 20:51:31

Name: Richard Pearson
Comments: Are you sure you're not suffering from ash?
Date: 2010-05-10 11:37:39

Name: David Ellison
Comments: Hope engine gets sorted soon. The Wolves "engines" were fantastic yesterday; they murdered the Giants.....9 tries!
Date: 2010-05-09 15:49:01

Name: Keith F
Comments: Hello Shipmates, Back to Caerphilly at 21.30. Good first week and I'll see you all towards the end of June. Hope all is well with the fuel and you get underway again on Monday.
Date: 2010-05-08 22:57:00

Name: David Ellison
Comments: The weather off Ireland certainly looks grey but be thankful you are not off the Cote d'Azur; terrific storms have wrecked hundreds of sailing boats around La Ciotat. Stopping off in Dublin to "up" spirits by any chance?
Date: 2010-05-07 17:54:06

Name: John
Comments: Just returned from a relaxing weeks sailing with the chaps; crashing around in the Irish sea whilst freezing to death, shinnying up masts and grovelling around boat engines - unforgettable!
Would I do it again? - Strangely yes, I probably would.
Date: 2010-05-07 17:01:50

Name: Don
Comments: You seem to be stuff on the Liffey - anything to do with being downwind from the Guiness brewery?
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We've noticed that the Liffey Water is extremely dark with a nasty scum on top and it can disable an entire crew within hours. - John

Date: 2010-05-07 09:16:06

Name: jackie
Comments: hope not too wet and windy. sue and i having well earned tea break- sooooo much to do!!. i have drawn lots of little boats around the doctors room for each week you are away. 1 sunk, 15 to go ( incuding part weeks) Love jackie and Sue
Date: 2010-05-05 16:48:46

Name: BrissleBlueExile
Comments:

Hmm! Youse put a bit of a spurt on across that pond. At night? I'm thinking it must have been downhill for that bit, tis all, to get across that quick.
Waiting to see if youse jib off tieing up on the Liffey and doing the Brewery tour and instead keep going. Pfft. You'll tie up!
Did I say white sails?

Manc blue - poor, that, for a Toffee.
Date: 2010-05-05 15:22:33

Name: BrissleBlueExile
Comments:

'orrigh, lah? Spared a (brief) thought for you Sat'dy. You may even have heard a lot of noise coming across the water from Bridgy on Sat'dy after a 3-4 aet Play Off win.
Glad to see those sails on the little map still look encouragingly white ... clearly, no ale been spilled then?
Keep nice and close hauled and don't let yr keks trail in that wet stuff.
Date: 2010-05-04 15:55:16

Name: Peter Crick
Comments:

Lucky you ! Enjoy yourslves. The Westerly Owners Magazine last quarter had an article by a cgap who did similar - also in a Fulmar - but he went round the West coat of Ireland. Much bigger swell, but longer swell. See you some time in July, I hope. Peter
Date: 2010-05-04 12:18:52

Name: kate
Comments:

Name: BrissleBlueExile
Comments:

Name: Bob Russell (Russ)
Comments: Good to see the Sea Cadets leading the way and if I'm not mistaken with a working engine!
Enjoy the trip - I'm very jelous
Date: 2010-05-25 09:18:50

Name: Geoffrey Ford
Comments: Hi Steve. I trust you are following the itinerary of the relevant volume by A. Ransome - 'Great Northern?'
All the best
Geoffrey
Date: 2010-05-25 09:07:51

Date: 2010-05-23 22:41:08

Name: Linda
Comments: There seems to be an awful lot of engine use on this sail round Britain. Maybe you shold have packed a set of bellows?
Date: 2010-05-23 19:53:35

Name: Mike Ruscoe
Comments:

Glad the dodgy engine has got you on the move again and that Don has been able to board. Watching with interest.
Mike
Date: 2010-05-23 09:10:24

Name: BrissleBlueExile
Comments:

Name: Declan
Comments:

Name: Jo Wyld
Comments:

Name: ANDREW AND JULIA
Comments: Glad to see you re still afloat!! Enjoy the experience.Why miss out Cardigan Bay?
Date: 2010-05-13 18:45:18

Name: jackie
Comments: a thought. if you are sailing round gb who needs an engine?
x
Date: 2010-05-12 21:20:07

Date: 2010-05-12 19:57:10

Name: kate
Comments:

suprise!!! how you all doing? Have you reached the showers?? a VERY long walk indeed.Enjoying the photos. Take care and have fun.
Date: 2010-05-10 22:15:36

Name: jackie
Comments: sure this is not just an excuse to sample more guiness?
hope you get underway soon.

Date: 2010-05-10 20:51:31

Name: Richard Pearson
Comments: Are you sure you're not suffering from ash?
Date: 2010-05-10 11:37:39

Name: David Ellison
Comments: Hope engine gets sorted soon. The Wolves "engines" were fantastic yesterday; they murdered the Giants.....9 tries!
Date: 2010-05-09 15:49:01

Name: BrissleBlueExile
Comments:

Manc blue - poor, that, for a Toffee.
Date: 2010-05-05 15:22:33

Name: BrissleBlueExile
Comments:

Name: Peter Crick
Comments:

Name: Roger Manison
Comments: At least you are avoiding the new Icelandic ash cloud.Good luck!!
Date: 2010-05-04 09:24:19

Name: Don West
Comments: Bon Voyage and see you in Scotland!
Date: 2010-05-03 20:57:12

Name: Name debbie sharp
Comments: Dear all - esp Iain!

Glad to see that little boat motif moving round the map. Hope weather is kind to you Good luck Debbie
Date: 2010-05-01 18:17:39

Name: from all the treatment room gi
Comments: Best of luck for the trip - anything to get out of working!!!!

PS - Iain - let us know if your'e not coming back - we'll take over your room as well!!!!!!
Ave fun

Date: 2010-04-28 17:54:03

Name: Jan Watts
Comments: Wishing you well on your voyage. Enjoy.
Date: 2010-04-28 16:17:54

Name: Russell Belcher and Aaron Pric
Comments: hey

we just wanted to say good luck and we hope all goes well we would love to hear about your trip when you return safely. enjoy it
Date: 2010-04-27 21:58:53

Name: John Waters
Comments: Hi Chaps,
How's the preparation for the voyage of a lifetime getting on?

Date: 2009-05-13 18:10:18