Thursday, August 9th, 2007
All the crew are well and looking forward to leaving for Ireland. The sun has warmed our bodies and we are all in…
The Sea Stallion in a severe gale
These lines are written in the yacht club in Peel on the Isle of Man. We have been invited here for supper this…
Extracts from the log book, August 5th, 2007
Calm and rain. The day was spent processing the results from the sea trials, we have been preforming the last…
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
A visit to the reserve dentist on the island. Examines the tooth and prescribes exactly the same treatment we are…
Ill and tired
It had to come. After five weeks in perfect health I have fallen ill. freezing one minute, sweating the next. The…
Extracts from the Log Book, Monday, August 6th, 2007
From Islay to the Isle of Man
10:22 am. Log 784. Weighed anchor. This morning at 07:20, we received a report from…
At the quay of Lagavulin
A tour of the Lagavulin whisky distillery.
The day before yesterday, the Sea Stallion arrived in Islay. It has…
Extracts from the log book, friday, August 3rd, 2007
The weather forecast says a near gale this afternoon, so we get out of the harbour in a hurry, to get some trial…
extracts from the log book, thursday, august 2nd, 2007
Again a day with trial sailing. Trials with tacking, compass card and rowing with the sail both up and down. The…
Extracts from the Log Book, Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
11.27 a.m., W 3, cloudy, We row out in the light breeze to do trial sailing. We begin with a rowing trial.
14.05…