Islay
Inishtrahull Sound
Malin Hd
TSS
Mull of Kintyre
Troon
Tory Is Bay of Culdaff
Rathlin Is
Bloody Foreland Downings, White Park Bay
Sheep Haven Portrush
Fair Hd
SCOTLAND
Aran Is
Burtonport
Foyle Red Bay
0 30 60
Estuary
nm
Carnlough
Carnlough Bay
Larne
Black Hd
Teelin
Belfast Lough
Bangor
Donegel Bay
Erris Hd
Gubaknockan
Strangford Lough
Main pic: Regatta at Clare Island.
Elly Bay
Killcumming Roads
Right: our route. Below upper: the
author. Below lower: Approaching Achill Hd
Skellig Michael. Opposite below:
Carlingford Lough
ISLE OF MAN
Rathlin Island – our last paid
Clare Is CONNACHT
mooring until the Shannon. Dundalk Bay
Inishbofin
Clogher Head
GALWAY
Rogerstown Inlet
Galway
HowtHowthh
Inishmore
Dublin
Galway Bay
Dublin BaDublin Bayy
TSTSSS
CLARK Wicklow
IRISH SEA
Arklow
Killrush Marina
Loop Hd
Shannon
CourtowCourtown
The bo
n
at
LIMERICK
The long way round
Fenit Marina
Jeanneau 42.2, Iridescence.
Smerwick Hbr
A relatively heavy 42 footer
Cardigan
Rosslare
Dingle Bay
drawing 2 metres. With 3/4 Bay
W ALES
cabins and 2 heads she has
Bray Hd
Kingstown KERRY TSTSSS
proved ideal for this type
Skellig Is.
Bunhaw Hbr
Kenmare River
Cork
of cruising. She’s a well
Bantry Bay CORK
travelled lady having spent
Strumble Hd
Dursey Hd
Lawrence Cove
Kinsale time in Turkey, Devon, Oban,
Dunmanus Hbr
Glandore
Ramsey Is
St. Bride’s Bay
Skull Hbr
the Western Isles and Troon.
TSS
She’s now in Lagos, Portugal,
The Smalls
Skomer
Milford Haven
Fastnet
awaiting further adventur
Skokholm
es.
Dale Bay
Bristol Channel
to the Scillies
Hartland Pt
and the sea slowly have been further from the sunset when the red sunlight
building we only truth. In reality Downings gives it a blood red appearance
needed the genoa to is situated in a gap between and hence the name.
However, our plan had one maintain a steady 6 to 7 knots. the hills and easterly winds Burtonport was relatively easy
Padstow
big flaw – the long 150 mile funnel onto the mooring. At to approach from the North,
Westerly stretch from Troon Rafting up least the buoys were exactly and judging from some of
Fowey
to Bloody Foreland with the In Rathlin Island we rafted where advertised and although the depths I guess the approach
Pendeen Lt
prevailing South Westerlies on up alongside 4 Scottish lads breezy the sea was flat so with has been dredged and
Scillies
Land’s End
the nose, yuk. Here fate had a going as far as Coleraine a bit of a struggle we got two more extensively buoyed since
little treat in store. As ‘D’ day Marina which appears to be warps onto one of the buoys the chart in the chart plotter
TSS
approached Easterlies settled about as far West as most (which incidentally have no or the sketch plan in Sailing
in and were being forecast for yachts go. We didn’t realise pickup lines) and we spent Directions. Sadly although
our first few days! it at the time but it was to be our first rather fraught night Burtonport is a fascinating
In Troon we spent a day of the last time we were to be in the Republic of Ireland. place well worth a visit it has
preparing and provisioning moored with fellow yachties It was obviously too windy obviously suffered greatly
the boat and we set off early (or had to pay for a mooring) (and the buoy too far out) to economically from the demise
Sunday morning with a view until we got to Kilrush marina contemplate going ashore in of the Irish fishing industry.
to picking up a favourable on the Shannon. For our next the inflatable for a celebratory The only grocery shop now
tidal stream going around Fair mooring we elected to try the glass of Guinness. open was a 7/11 in a filling
Head and on to Rathlin Island. first of our Irish visitors buoys At least the next night was station on the main road at
Careful monitoring of the at a place called Downings to be spent firmly tied to terra least a mile out of town.
Weather forecast established well tucked in on the east side firma (well almost). After the However, there are a couple of
that the forecasted Easterly of Sheep Haven one of the spectacular views of Tory excellent fish restaurants/pubs
gale 8 was to the South and we inlets west of Lough Foyle Island and Bloody Foreland presumably frequented by day
were in for a 6 gusting 7 which and so theoretically well we arrived in Burtonport. trippers from the Derry and
was exactly what we got. So sheltered from that wonderful We later learnt that Bloody Donegal. We had a wonderful
with the wind up our chuff east wind. Nothing could Foreland is best seen at fish platter (I think it was >>
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