Andy Parritt

That was a drama! Made it to the little bay on west side of Corryvrekan. Very gusty and tore the Screecher trying to furl it. Anchored close to shore, seemed ok but 2hrs later dragged and I was being sucked into the Corryvrekan. Managed to get outboard down and motored with anchor still down back onto the beach. Jumped onto shore, recovered anchor and reset it into the sand. Spent very disturbed night with winds gusting up to 39kts🥵 Had no reception and unbeknownst to me the Coast Guard had be alerted to a dinghy that had been found similar to mine so had launched the helicopter to find me at 0230hrs! I was safely at anchor. Up at 0530 and waited for slack tide to passage through Corryvrekan Sound. Scary! As I regained reception loads of messages from everyone who thought I was in trouble.

Gusty!

Had to short tact to get around Rathlin Island then a gentle tight reach. Tricky tight entrance but once in IDYLLIC😍

Another sail of two half’s, a great morning so we extended the trip beyond Glenarm to Ballycastle but then the wind died. Sneaked up the shoreline and around the top trying to keep out of the currents.

Another day of winds to start then nothing. Ended up motor sailing for hours. A long drag up to Belfast but a good little marina right in the center

Fiesty start which made us think we could get to Glenarm but it went on the nose and moderated so stopped at Ardglass. Fish and Chips that you can take and eat the pub!

More wind than forecasted for the first half so got further than we thought but then motored for last two hours Port Oriel has no facilities and is just a commercial fishing port