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Provisional thoughts on passage plan from Ardrossan to Stornaway, all subject to wind, weather and tides of course ! Sunday 10th August...

16th July to 30th July Crew on this leg Pete, Karen and Hugh Taylor Wednesday 16th July The day started with a taxi pick up from Exmouth...

13th June to 25th June Friday 13th June: Crew Pete, Karen, Nigel Burke, Claire Mills Pete, Karen and Nigel departed from Exmouth station...

13th to 25th June Having established that Harbour works in Waterford were preventing the use of the City Marina until 2026 we have now...

16th April Wednesday. Crew Pete, Karen, Hugh Taylor, Roger Brisley. OH Exit Turf Lock and passage to Noss Marina on The Dart for a...

The cruising for this year was originally going to be in a southerly direction as an antidote to the more Northerly latitudes we have...

October Exmouth to Salcombe Return Via Dartmouth 87nm Friday 4th departed Exmouth 09.30 arrived Salcombe 21.54 I was joined by Rob Vince,...

Friday 6th September Ijmuiden to UK Due to unhelpful weather forecasts we have made some revisions to our itinerary. Instead of exiting...

Lubeck to Amsterdam August 9th August 11th Karen Strandhusen to Rendsburg What a day! the alarm went off at 5 am and we were all up on...

Well the best laid plans and all that——!! Apologies for not starting this blog sooner. Pete has had to leave Ocean Hound to return to...

11th July. Exmouth We are gearing up to return to Szczecin next Wednesday 17th and I have been drawing up a draft itinerary to get OH to...

12th June Crew Pete, Karen, Rob Vince, Julia Green Very early 04.00 start from Exmouth to pick Julia up from Exeter and make the drive to...

More pictures that I wasn`t easily able to add in Sweden due to reliance on mobile hot spots. Apologies for any repetition ! Vaxholme...

Thursday 16th May. Having weathered one storm after another in Exmouth in recent months we began to see a general improvement. The UK...

Due to unforeseen circumstances we have deferred the launch date, originally planned for 23rd April and have rearranged it for 17th May....

Since leaving Ocean Hound in Svinninge Marina in August, Sea and Land Service, the local Volvo Marine Engineers who are based at the...

Tuesday 8th August. Crew. Pete, Karen and Guy. Matt Melling joining direct from Liverpool. Pick up at 05.15 Exmouth to Bristol Airport...

Sunday 16th July. The day started well, I had received confirmation the Thursday before we were due to return to Svinninge that the...

Ytre-Maløya Island Ytre Maløya is today a favorite summer resort. Most of the year, however, the island lies there without human...

Monday 19th June. 04.20 early taxi from Exmouth to Honiton park and ride, met up with Julia Green, for the coach to Bristol airport. ...