10 days to go

The list of completed tasks is now longer than the to do list which is always a good sign:

Completed:

1. EPIRB serviced and registered
2. Liferaft, repackaged, serviced and refitted to the boat
3. Bought a new outboard
4. Day Skipper done and passed
5. Radio course complete
6. Radios, Radar and EPIRB all registered and licenced with the CoastGuard and Ofcom
7. Charts purchased
8. Flags bought - Ireland, Welsh (we just needed a new one) & Scotland
9. Sail cover made
10. Dog and house organised with house sitters
11. Engine serviced, antifoul repaired
12. New chart plotter - fitted in cockpit
13. Trip planned - roughly, first stage only
14. Crew employed - well for the first part of the trip anyway

Left to do:

1. Complete work project
2. Fit mainsail and sail cover
3. Await decking delivery and then fit it
4. Shakedown/sea trial trip
5. Sort out house
6. Provision up the boat, pack & go....
   

   

   The finished sail cover

Plans for summer 2016

We are planning a 3 month trip to sail Tŷ Môr from Swansea, in the Bristol Channel across to southern Ireland. Then to port hop up the east coast of Ireland, into the Strangford Lough then up to Belfast. From there we will head over to the Inner Hebrides and hopefully to Arran, Islay and Mull. It would be great to visit Fingal's Cave, but the weather has got to be perfect for that.

On the return journey we could go either East or West Ireland or maybe even travel down the Welsh coast line. Visiting the Isle of Man and Anglesey

That's 1100 miles or 956 Nautical miles.

This blog will track our progress. Planned departure date: 9th May 2016, return date: 8th August 2016.