Revving up for the Return

As you may recall dear reader, we left our Follyfin in Trinidad at the end of April. Having spent the summer - or most of it - at home in North Yorkshire, our thoughts are now turning back to sailing. The leaves are beginning to turn and the air temperature is dropping. Autumn is almost upon us and the Caribbean calls. Before we go...

We have recently been reviewing our sailing adventures in advance of a local fund-raiser for the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) at which we will talk about the Ruby Cruise - more of this below. The first thing to do was to create a map to show the route, in which you may be interested.

 

For more detail of the places visited, see the following sequence of maps taking Follyfin from Brittany to Trinidad via Guernsey, Normandy, UK, Spain, Portugal, Madeira, Lanzarote, Tenerife, Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Tobago Cays, Bequia, Canouan, Carriacou and Grenada. Phew! What a trip.

 

You can clearly see the undulations of the ocean's seabed. Amazing to think we sailed over the top of all that!

Back to the RNLI talk: this is being done in conjunction with a nationwide event instigated by the RNLI, their Fish Supper (click here) So the Skipper and I thought we would link this to a talk about our personal Atlantic Odyssey, our Ruby Cruise. We have gathered together photos and video clips from Cabin Boy, Deck Hand No.1 and moi First Mate, whilst Second Mate is busy compiling a short film from the extensive footage he acquired on his GoPro during the crossing. There will be Fish and Chips delivered from the nearby pub - The Fairfax Arms - and a raffle. More information can be seen by clicking here