We reached the South Coast in two more legs – Howth to Arklow to Kilmore Quay. Lack of wind meant motoring down to Arklow, but we were aided by a 2.5+kts tide and arrived in harbour an hour ahead of schedule. It’s a river harbour and we tied up at the Sailing Club pontoon on the north bank. Hardly half a mile out the next morning our propellor was fouled by a floating line trailing from a lobster pot buoy. The rope cutter did its stuff but we were left trailing 30m of line and the buoy. Unable to free it off from the prop/rudder we had to cut it adrift. The passage down to and round Carnsore Point, the SE extremity of Ireland, was an exercise in buoy hopping in the haze. The coast is lined with offshore banks and shoals and we kept outside all these dangers, which are well marked with navigational buoys. Making west from Carnsore Point, we crossed St Patrick’s Bridge (a narrow, shallow gap in the reef between the Saltee Islands and the shore) and put in to Kilmore Quay, a busy fishing port with a small marina which welcomes visitors.
Hi Maggie and Brian,
Nice to see the blog up and running and good to see you’re making good progress despite some initially unfavourable winds! We tried to phone you last wednesday to see if you could fly back to sunny Bowling for our regular wed night ceilidh but couldnt get through! Keep taking the medicine!
Regards,
Peter
Hi Both
Delighted to see you are up and running……..sailing. Will now need to get the map out to follow your route and then maybe I can recommend one or two fine music pubs. You must have experienced a few already. What about a star grading for those worthy of other travellers following in your footsteps. Today Monday 30th, has been fine weather so hope you are experiencing same.
Any comments so far re the different irish culture when in harbour?
Love
Linda
As someone who knows little about sailing maps but who has used electronic maps for a number of years thought you might be interested in this. Please note direction 24. Hope you will not get quite so mixed up!!!!
Take 60 seconds to do this.
1. go to http://www.google.com/
2. click on “maps”
3. click on “get directions”
4. type “New York” in the first box (the “from” box)
5. type “London” in the second box (the “to” box)
6. click on “get directions”
7. scroll down to step #24 of the directions.
Linda x
Hi Brian,
Peter McA directed me to your site earlier this week.Following your progress with interest as Chala may follow south early June.However with only three weeks at our disposal it is unlikely that we will make the exotic south coast of Ireland.sitting here in Langbank watching the sun set over the Gairloch with Ben Lomond and Sandpoint marina in fine sillouette.
Enjoy the trip and safe passage.Will keep tabs on the blog.
regards,
Duncan