Exe to Cork 2024

312 nautical miles and 58 hours and 2 minutes sailed, 4 ports, 3 marinas/moorings and 1 anchorage.

In early 2024 Derek H kindly asked if I would like to join him on his Westerly Fulmar yacht Thalmia for a trip across to Ireland.

Although Derek prefers "solo sailing" cruising, to geting to Ireland quickly was best achieved by a sail from Lands End to Cork and that's a 30 hour sail. So the plan was for me to sail with Derek from the Exe across to Cork. At which point Derek would head onwards to explore the south and west of Ireland's cruising grounds and I would make a leisurely return via Cork, Dublin and Rosslare (which would be all new for me).

In the end, because there wasn't a convenient weather window for the crossing to Cork, the trip was done in two parts. First was the trip from the Exe down to Salcombe and then on to Mylor in the Fal estuary. The second part (a week later) was on to Newlyn (near Penzance) and then across to Cork in southern Ireland.

Click the links below and then perhaps click the "GPS track details" tab on the left hand side of the resultant page to read some overview details of the sailing and then maybe try the "Photos slide show" tab on the right hand side of each page.