After a long winter asshore, Apsara is back in the water, ready for new adventures with a new mainsail and her new Dyfrom rigging. As part of the winter refit, I also repainted the hull, and changed the colour from the pale blue to a light grey with a blue trim and a white deck. …
Sailing in and near Clew Bay The Clew Bay area offers excellent cruising with a number of beautiful, safe anchorages, well sheltered from the prevailing south-westerlies. Roonagh quay, at the southern entrance of Clew Bay, is used by the ferries to Clare Island and Inishturk and is not suitable for a yacht. Clare Island harbour, …
Theo and I had originally planned to sail to Iceland in June, but in the end, he was not able to go for the full month the trip would take, so we compromised and just headed for Scotland. I had very happy memories of sailing in the outer Hebrides on a previous trip to Scotland …