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6 Apr 2023
Exe Passages
Boats 8.0 nm 2 hours

Derek H's Thalmia launched from Topsham Quay at the ungodly hour of something past seven. Then a trip down the "inner passage to the south west corner of Bull Hill. Back via the marked channel. A summary of what the chan…

14 Jun 2014
Newport Trophy yacht race - Exe to Dartmouth
Boats 27.2 nm 9 hours

A very light winds yacht race (or timed rally) from the Exe to the Dart. Such light winds, in fact, that the race ended early on a line from the Ore Stone to Hope's Nose. Interesting "inshore passage" for some of the rou…

4 Jun 2012
Channel Islands - Sark to Alderney
Boats 24.1 nm 5 hours

Leaving the anchorage at Havre Gosselin at Sark through the Gouliot Passage and then via the Alderney Race and into Braye Harbour in Alderney. Some very high speeds when travelling with the Alderney Race and at times st…

9 Jul 2017
Helford Passage to Padagarrack Cove
Canoes 4.3 nm 2 hours

With Winguru and the Met Office differing in forecast speed by about two and a half times, we wanted to avoid the possibility of too much incoming tide against the westerly wind. So we had a short paddle from Helford pas…

2 Jun 2018
Sark to St Peter Port
Boats 11.8 nm 3 hours

Round from La Greve de la Ville anchorage on the east side of Sark to the Saigne Bay anchorage on the west side. The Saigne Bay anchorage has some rather dramatic rock stacks (think James Bond / The Man With The Golden…

15 May 2019
Exe to Weymouth
Boats 57.1 nm 11 hours

<p>A sail from Starcross Yacht Club on the Exe via the inshore passage at Portland Bill and on to Weymouth.</p><p> Because Portland Bill sticks out into the English Channel and has a shallow underwater ledge that "squeez…

25 May 2019
Portland to SYC on the Exe
Boats 50.7 nm 10 hours

<p>From Portland Harbour, round Portland Bill to Starcross Yacht Club on the Exe.</p><p> As ever, a rounding of Portland Bill by the inshore passage required careful planning. In our case, this meant that to get safe and…

4 Jul 2021
Helford Passage
Dogs 1.3 miles 1 hours

Checking out the options and costs for launching a kayak or canoe at Helford Passage (we used to launch from Bar Beach when we went to Cornwall with the car), Launch price reasonable at £2 (that's not taking the piss) bu…

18 May 2023
Helford Paddling
Canoes 3.8 nm 2 hours

A quick dip into Frenchman's Creek and then up to near Tremayne Quay for a coffee stop. The first bit of the track is on land to measure the distance we dragged the kayak back up from Helford Passage to the campervan. Qu…

15 Jul 2025
A new walk round Durgan and Trebah
Dogs 6.8 miles 3 hours

Tried iWalk (https://www.iwalkcornwall.co.uk/) for the first time on a new walk around Helford, Durgan and Trebah. The iWalk app and its instructions turned out to be very good (albeit this particular walk wasn't the mos…

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