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Routes – week 6 Salcombe. Our last UK port before crossing to the channel islands. Safely moored , in good shelter, on the roads. Water taxi to takes us to shore and back. entering Salcombe harbor What beauty. After Salcombe we made the crossing to Guernsey. Then stopped in Cherbourg and went straight for Dieppe. […]

Routes – week 4   Ailsa Craig – a rock in the middle of the sea. Impressive to sail close by, and see how the wind changed direction and force around this island rock. At first we missed this one on the Navionics charts on our Raymarine. So, zoom in and look at paper charts […]

Routes – week 3 Crinan Canal 4.1       From Oban we sailed to the entrance of the Crinan canal. At anchor on the buoy for  the night and then through the canal on a day with 35 knots wind. The canal staff said they had introduced more water to the canal, but we touched bottom several […]

This chapter on the trip will probably not tell you a lot of new stuff. Pretty standard how we all navigate nowadays. But maybe still good to share. The electronics have really become very important in today’s navigation, also on Caroline. But in the end, I carry paper maps, tidal books and pilots on board. […]