Caledonian canal - Northern Ireland

We're in Ardglass, southeast of northern Ireland. Heading for straight for Dublin in just a few hours..

Puilladohr, ouilla, pullalochdore, pui something something anchorage.

In Oban we got stuck waiting out a storm for almost a week, it was squally and wet, costing us a fortune staying in the marina but was only way to get some sleep for thoose windy days. Finally the wind eased and we could continue. Going throught the sound of Luing we were making 9 knots in the streams, we looked into the feared gulf of corrywrekan, it looked calm, we kept our distance anyway. We made it to Craighouse and continued to Port Ellen the next day. Crossing the North channel we had to motor some of the way, the sea lay flat and the current pushing us past Rathlin island with full speed,  made it to Glenarm in Northern Ireland just as the tide turned.

Marina in Loch ness

 With the current with us and the wind against us the next day we met some nasty waves and decided to make it a short day we went in to the cosy industrial harbour of Larne and anchored south of an powerplant. Everything was wet, the last week had given us very little sun and everything inside the boat was damp and wet. Next hop we decided to make a longer one to get out of the north channel for some nicer weather and less currents. Arrived in Ardglass in the middle of the night.

From here we plan to go straight to Dublin(around 60nm), its blowing around 20 kn from the southeast and the irish sea looks choppy, i think its gonna be a wet passage. But we wanna get there, not spend another week waiting for good weather. In Dublin it seems like we will spend some time. We're tired.. The weatehr is getting nastier, we wanna stop for a while. Going two persons without an autopilot from Sweden to Ireland kind of makes you tired. In Dublin we want some time to practice on our circus shows, and maybe work if we can find some job.

Lets hope the waves will not be too steep tonight!

Crossing the north channel in calm conditions