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Season 3 - lets begin! Largs to Tarbert.
Timeline: 1st of May - leaving Largs and arriving at Millport on Great Cumbrae. 2nd of May - leaving Millport without making a landing...
Asha
May 2, 20228 min read
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Dream come true - winter in Scotland!
Timeline: 15th of October 2021 - Arrival in Largs. 17th of March - sailing to Portavadie. 1st of May - leaving Largs and starting the 3rd...
Mark
Apr 28, 20227 min read
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Kick up the... sail to Portavadie
Timeline: 17th of March - leaving Largs Yacht Haven and sailing to Portavadie. We have been invited to a surprise birthday party some...
Asha
Mar 31, 20221 min read
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Crinan to Largs - last chapter of Season 2 of Adventure Now
Timeline: 4th of October - left Crinan Canal and sailed to Millport on Great Cumbrae. 14th of October - landed in Millport on Great...
Asha
Nov 16, 20212 min read
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Crinan Canal - a water staircase
I have been sitting on a growing number of blog drafts since October 2021. That's a long time. Recently I watched a reel on Instagram,...
Asha
Nov 9, 20217 min read
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Kerrera to Easdale to Crinan
Timeline: 4th of October left Kerrera Island and motored to Easdale. 5th of October sailed to Crinan and anchored. 6th of October - moved...
Asha
Nov 2, 20216 min read
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From Mallaig to the Sound of Mull
Timeline: 22nd of September arrival in Mallaig. 29th of September left Mallaig and arrived in an anchorage in the Sound of Mull, stayed 2...
Asha
Oct 26, 20214 min read
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Onwards and downwards
Timeline: 18th of September - leaving mooring at Skye Bridge, Lochalsh and sailing to Sandaig Islands, then sailing across to Ornsay...
Asha
Oct 19, 20215 min read
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Synchronicities
While we were anchored off Badachro I noticed that my laptop developed a hardware malfunction. As it was still on warranty I reported...
Asha
Oct 12, 20216 min read
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Badachro - the place where I faced my biggest fears!!!
When we got our cockpit enclosure we planned to sail with it erected only downwind while flying the jib. We quickly figured out that we...
Asha
Sep 28, 20215 min read
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Where on earth is Loch a’Chadh-fi??
We left Torshavn and Faroe Islands on the last day of August bound for the west coast of Scotland. Mark plotted the course to Loch...
Asha
Sep 21, 20217 min read
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Paradise 530
As planned, on the way back from Iceland we have sailed past the Seal Woman on the island of Kalsoy, and a couple of miles further south...
Asha
Sep 18, 20214 min read
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The turning point of the second season of Adventure Now
When we reached our northernmost point of season 1, we looked towards the Arctic, into the dark high seas and were thankful that we...
Asha
Sep 15, 20216 min read
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Grimsey Island - Iceland's northern gem
Timeline: 23rd of July 2021 leaving Húsavík and arrival in Grimsey Island, 24th of July 2021 leaving Grimsey Island southbound for...
Asha
Sep 13, 20218 min read
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The crack was mighty!
After a flying visit to Vopnafjordur we sailed around Langanes. This peculiar narrow peninsula which juts out 25 miles into the ocean is...
Asha
Jul 27, 202111 min read
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We are in the arse of Iceland!
While approaching Iceland in thick fog we could see on AIS and radar a search and rescue vessel. At first we though that it was just like...
Asha
Jul 14, 20214 min read
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Adventure Now at 65° North
Returning to Hestur was an awesome little rest and a great place to regroup after some more socialising and sightseeing on Kalsoy, Vidoy...
Asha
Jul 14, 20217 min read
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Scenic route all the way
We have learnt that “hestur” in Faroese means horse. It is also a small island in the Faroe Islands located to the west of Streymoy, the...
Asha
Jul 6, 20218 min read
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What a day!
After more than two weeks in Tórshavn and a fantastic time catching up with old friends and making new, we realised that we had to take...
Mark
Jun 26, 20216 min read
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The Magical Islands
The Faroe Island have this overwhelmingly magnetic effect on us. We felt so attracted to come back and now that we are here, we got...
Asha
Jun 22, 20215 min read
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