For three months, from the beginning of May to the beginning of August 2011, the yacht Arc Angel circumnavigated mainland Britain, clockwise via the English Channel, the Irish Sea, around the North of Scotland and the North Sea. This blog is the account of her voyage.
Sunday, 15 May 2011
Leg 2 Falmouth to Milford Haven
Chris Nash
Ian Conway
Andy Usher
Sam McElhinney
James 'Baz' Barrington
Falmouth to Milford Haven 6 days 283 Nmiles.
Highlights:
Full-on sailing in strong winds
Lundy and Isles of Scilly
Tresco gardens and New Grimsby Sound
Industrial scale ports of Falmouth and Milford Haven
Beautiful secluded anchorages
Wildlife: seals nosing, dolphins jumping, gannets diving, cormorants, shearwaters, guillimots and puffins.
Geology: 'basaltic intrusions', granite, shale, slate.
Headlands, bays, tides, sandbanks, sun and lots of wind.
Helford River |
In New Grimsby Sound, Tresco |
The Doom Bar |
Padstow Harbour
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Sailing by the stars guided by Arc Angel magic dust phosphorescent wake.
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