Falmouth to Isles of Scilly - July 2018

Submitted by mike.floutier on Wed, 18/07/2018 - 8:03am

Solo cruising

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Our GPS track, recorded on ViewRanger Our GPS track, recorded on ViewRanger Our GPS track, recorded on ViewRanger. Pretty much as planned.	Imray chart of St Agnes & Gugh - on my iPad Imray chart of St Agnes & Gugh - on my iPad I had 2018 Imray charts on 3 iDevices with me, two of which have GPS.	Round Pendennis Pt and we're off Round Pendennis Pt and we're off Round Pendennis Pt and we're off
Sunset at the Manacles Sunset at the Manacles Well worth avoiding!	Sunrise at Scilly Sunrise at Scilly Sunrise at Scilly. The AIS picked this guy up before I saw him.	iPhone maps pic of the anchorage - featuring The Bar iPhone maps pic of the anchorage - featuring The Bar The red text denotes where we beached
Beached on the Bar Beached on the Bar Had to wait for the ebb to allow dry access to St Agnes	View from "Round St Agnes walk" View from "Round St Agnes walk" I had thought Cornwall was rugged.	Round the Island Pt 2 Round the Island Pt 2
View from the Picnic Terrace at The Turks Head View from the Picnic Terrace at The Turks Head View from the Picnic Terrace at The Turks Head, St Agnes.	The Old Lighthouse on St Agnes The Old Lighthouse on St Agnes	The Beach, shame about the rocks The Beach, shame about the rocks
The Wolf at sunset The Wolf at sunset Completed nearly 150 years ago, fitted with a helipad in 1972 and automated in 1988.	Dolphins Dolphins They stayed and played for nearly an hour; great fun

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A dream come true

Submitted by mike.floutier on Wed, 18/07/2018 - 8:08am

Last Thursday the winds and weather looked good to make this long-held dream become reality.

Here are some of the pics I took, will add commentary in due course and hopefully a fuller write-up for the magazine.

Many thanks for all your encouragement.

It's is what Macs were built

Submitted by simon.armitage on Wed, 18/07/2018 - 8:45am

It's is what Macs were built for. Absolutely brilliant made even better by the weather.

Looking forward to reading your article.

Simon Armitage

Sowenna (26M)

Well done Mike!

Submitted by colin.bryant on Wed, 18/07/2018 - 9:33am

Looking forward to reading your account.

Well done Mike. Inspirational

Submitted by quentin.sands on Thu, 19/07/2018 - 6:07pm

Well done Mike. Inspirational!

this looks like a great trip

Submitted by roly.simpson on Sat, 04/08/2018 - 11:41pm

this looks like a great trip Mike. Im most impressed and envious. Please submit an article for the magazine. Hope to meet up before too long.

Roly

Thanks guys, have done a write up...

Submitted by mike.floutier on Sun, 05/08/2018 - 7:42am

Thanks guys, I've done a write up for the magazine while it's fresh in my mind. I'm thinking of the Channel Islands via Salcombe next.

Scilly isles

Submitted by ian.tyrrell on Sun, 05/08/2018 - 8:05am

awesome trip as with other members looking forward to the written report

congratulations

Ian T

Atthis

magazine

Submitted by stuart.mcwilliam on Sun, 05/08/2018 - 8:08am

Mike

Inspirational!

May we publish your account in the next magazine? If so can you send pics and text to me here: editor@macgregorowners.org.uk

Thanks

Stu

Magazine article

Submitted by mike.floutier on Sun, 05/08/2018 - 10:45am

Thanks Stu, the article is currently just under 2800 words, is this about right or would more or less be better?

The pics were all uploaded to the gallery at full resolution so you should hopefully be able to swipe them from here. Only iPhone 5c so not first class.

Magazine

Submitted by stuart.mcwilliam on Sun, 05/08/2018 - 11:09am

Hi Mike.

I’ll leave the word count to you. I’d be loathe to have a single article much more than 3,500 words, but there’s no reason why we can’t spread the write up of your significant achievement over two issues.

Drop me a line if you want to discuss.

Thanks so much.

stu

Thanks Mike for doing a write

Submitted by rick.jones on Sun, 05/08/2018 - 1:00pm

Thanks Mike for doing a write-up, and a belated congratulations from me on your successful trip.

A word about photos - the website downsizes photos when they're uploaded (to save on storage mainly), the resulting size is more than adequate for a screen use, but for gloss printing the original resolution is best.

It would be best if you could send Stu the originals, maybe via Dropbox or other sharing site?

Thanks

Many thanks Rick, yes, I

Submitted by mike.floutier on Sun, 05/08/2018 - 2:07pm

Many thanks Rick, yes, I wondered about pics on the site, I'll mail them to Stu with the write-up.

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