Mersea Island to Dartmouth ...

This time we took Carronade VII of Tortola from her home in West Mersea, Essex to Dartmouth in Devon. It took us 42 hrs and we covered 277 nautical miles ... giving us an average speed of 7 knots. Mid-sail we ran the gaunlet of the Round the Island fleet who were heading past St. Catherine's Lighthouse in the opposite direction and we decided that there must be about 10 Portland Bills as it took forever to get past it !!!

The whole route ...

A more global perspective ...

Leaving from West Mersea ... Club Launch to yacht and then we are off ...

Arriving in Dartmouth ... it was 2.30 am :)