Shetlands

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Shetlands

Not so ‘Fair Isle’

Another textbook springing-off demonstration saw us heading off again just after 9am. This time our destination was slightly uncertain. The wind, infuriatingly, had gone round to the SE and so, once clear of Sumburgh Head, the skipper tried to see if we could make Fair Isle. This is an island around 20 miles south of Sumburgh Head and, if possible, he wanted to stop...

Faroes Shetlands

Shuffling across to Scalloway

12 months agoandy_beharrell

With the weather improving we left Suðuroy in the morning of October 17th to head across to the Shetland Islands. The passage was about 170 miles and the hope was to head across at the same time as a small band of anti-cyclonic wind so that we could avoid using the engine. We knew that this would probably mean some early motor-sailing until the breeze kicked in and...