Irish Sea - Scottish Isles | 2024 Shakedown Sail & YachtMaster training

Join the adventurous crew as they sail across the Irish Sea skippered by Aspiring Yachtmaster Paul from Finland / UK. Early morning after a gale 8, we set sail across the Irish Sea on a YM qualifying passage to Belfast. Our aspiring Yachtmaster safely skippered us around the tidal races of the Mull of Galloway to the city pontoon in Belfast, next to the titanic shipyard. From Belfast we headed north to the wonderful island of Islam, with is many distilleries. The passage was another YM qualifying passage for Paul. We got strong winds F6, guesting 7 and wind against tide in the north channel, so Saga47swan had a great time in the big waves. After a two day layover in Port Ellen due to a gale F9, we set sail in wonderful sunshine and sail past the Babs of Jura and past the great Race. On this day passage Kenneth our Danish sailor was navigating some of the strongest tidal areas of the uk, see video with lots of eddies. We spend the next few days exploring the area around Mull and Oban , staying at anchor and exploring onshore. We highly recommend a visit to the bridge over the Atlantic and its lovely pub. Loch Spelve didn’t disappoint with it tricky entrance, calling for eye ball navigation and a rock solid pilotage plan. Once in the Loch Spelve anchorage, we feasted on kilos and kilos of mussels. #adventuresailing #competentcrew #passageplanning #yachtmaster #training #swan47