MR BOYD S FIRST OFFICIAL FOLLOWER

 Mr Boyds First Official Follower

Great news for Mr Boyd , pleased to announce after his ground breaking episode , improvising  a sturdy stick made from antler and other Maritime Resources we have been contacted by a potential Groupie . I believe she goes under the Name of Judy

For those of you that missed Mr Boyds Ground breaking episode check out the episode and young Judy !!

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PERSONAL THANK YOU TO GO FUNDERS

 PERSONAL THANK YOU TO GO FUNDERS

A heart felt thank you to all who helps us bring the You Tube Channel and supporting us in bringing episodes to you .Thank You to Lee Green and Ian Quinn for making difference - thanks on behalf of myself and crew fellas

ROUND BRITAIN - PORTALND BILL - UPDATE

WAITING FOR BILL

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 Currently waiting to go around Portland Bill . mad water here at the moment , waiting for the safest option . More updates and videos to follow soon .  Rough Water Sailing Video Above Taken on the " Just Because "  similar likely to follow

This stretch of water os renowned for The notorious Portland Race; the huge turbulence is caused by massive volumes of water surging up and down over the great undersea Portland Ledge,

" Well few days ago we took a little bit of weather crossing the Bristol Channel. As the weather slowly worsened we had no choice but to push miles of the coast and offshore to keep ourselves and the boat safe to some of you land lovers this will make no sense heading into the chaos but it’s what you do when there is no where to hide. As darkness fell the wind piped up and we got hit with a few bad gusts and our reefing horns snapped which caused the sail to gain more power but we got the sail lashed down and the 2nd reef working well so we could continue pushing through the weather all was well by 0.9.00 the next morning. We headed for Milford Haven were we got met by a very kind gentleman who got us the specialist we needed to fix the horns. So all is well now and we can relax down in dale anchorage and await weather for the next move. Many. So thanks to Lee for the donation today which has helped towards the horns. Thanks to you all past and present for your help "

SCALPAY - HEBRIDES - SCALPAY -EILEAN GLAS LIGHTHOUSE & BOTHY

 SCALPAY - HEBRIDES - SCALPAY -EILEAN GLAS LIGHTHOUSE & BOTHY

Name derives from "ship island" from the Norse. OR Skalprøy, meaning "scallop island"

Take a walk round Scalpay with us as we explore round this little must stop. Now the island itself has no shop and not much going on on it but the walking is good very beautiful and the locals very nice. We anchored in the south anchorage in about 10 meters anchor caught first time with good holding pretty nice views to. There is a marina on the north side I think run by locals from Harris. If you do get out here make sure you get walking to the lighthouse it’s beautiful and has a bit of history it’s name is in the video here. . We ended up going here kind of by accident ..here is how that happened. We were waiting to go out to the west of the outer Hebrides and on to start kilda but the weather wasn’t going to let us for weeks...(shame) so we headed up to go to north Harris but the place was closed for dredging so were would we go before this blow came...yes you guessed it SCALPAY any ways I hope you enjoy the video⛵️

Scalpay is around 4 kilometres (2 1⁄2 miles) long and rises to a height of 104 metres (341 feet) at Beinn Scorabhaig. The area of Scalpay is 653 hectares (2 1⁄2 sq mi). The main settlement on the island is at the north, near the bridge, clustered around An Acairseid a Tuath (North Harbour). 

 

The island is peppered with small lochans. The largest of these is Loch an Duin (Loch of the Fort) which has a tiny island in it, with the remains of the fort still visible. Eilean Glas, a tiny peninsula on Scalpay's eastern shore, is home to the first lighthouse to be built in the Outer Hebrides.

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ONWARD HO !! ALONG THE EAST COAST

 ONWARD HO !! ALONG THE EAST COAST

Just a quick video update of the " Just Because " and myself and Darren sailing Onward from Lowestoft  having sails repaired and ready to go as we sail onward from Lowestoft in what has been an epic adventure sailing round the Coast of Britain and showing you all how ordinary folk can sail the ocean  A Big Thank You to the Royal Suffolk and Norfolk Yacht Club for upholding the spirit and Good Will of Sailing -  Thank You ( Check Out Details on the Marina Resources for the Guys ) 

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GUIDE TO NORN IRELAND LANGUAGE

GUIDE TO NORN IRON ( NORTHERN IRELAND )  SLANG

We Folk on the " Just because " thought we best throw in a language lesson for you good folk in the event we meet on the High seas , Shores or Mountains or even over a wee dram. Follow us on the You Tube to practice your new found skill.😊

Buck eejit.   A term of endearment for people who are silly, or a bit of an idiot. ..

Baltic - " Its Baltic Out there " - Newer slang term meaning Cold , Freezing

Bout ye?        How is one

Holy Terra A Terrible Person or scenario The price of thon is a terra

Boys a dear   An exclamation of sadness, shock or happiness. It covers all bases. Used in the same ways “oh my goodness” can be.

Class -  Brilliant , excellent A good Thing Mr Moore Says " The Views are Class "

Craic - The " Craics Good " - The venue party conversation is Good !!

Dander -  Sudds is off for a wee Dander . Mr Boyd is of for a little walk

Doser - as in "No Doser " - A switched on Cookie , someone who's wide awake 

Scunder’d – embarrassed or fed up  – “Ah was fair scunder’d when they saw the state a the working kitchen!”As a noun it means disgust, dislike; and something that causes disgust " Skipper James is scundered with the weather "

Fegs: Cigarettes " Fags"  . “Can I have twenty fegs and a can of orange?”

Foundered   To feel cold.

Boggin’       Very dirty.

Hallion – wild or clumbsy person – can be affectionate “ ye Big hallion” or as Skipper James would say " Come on , Mr Moore , you big Hallion , get the sails folded"

Hop up well - Hap Up Well–  Wrap Up Well - dress warmly. Well Happed up 

Galloot /ɡəˈluːt/ n. slang  a clumsy or uncouth person.

Gub – mouth “shut yer gub or ah’ll shut it fer ye!”

Slabber – someone talking rubbish or behind your back “did you hear the slabber from thon man?”

Scaldy – really short hair cut. Mr Moore is a Scaldy . Mr Moore has cut his Hair

Bake - Shut your Bake . A corruption of Shut your Beak . Close ones mouth 

Oul-Doll: Old Lady. " That oul doll looks like your granny "

Poke - An Older Term for an ice cream !!! " Get us a Poke with a flake in it "

Cricket as S - As Crooked as S. A difficult or awkward person.

Mad  - Hectic

Windy , Windee - Look out Of -  The Window

Wick:  Stupid, useless. “Them new Shoes are wick”

Local Food

Veda:  Malted bread native to Northern Ireland. Lovely with some butter and cheese.

   

Paris Bun - A sugared bun in the shape of a cone sung about in may of Van Morrisons Songs

Champ : A Tasty Simply Dish - Masked Potatoes with Spring Onion  and a big knob of butter , with Salt & Pepper !!

Mr Boyds famous Stick as seen in the Jura Video , made out of Flotsom and Jetsom , A sturdy stick  with Deer Antler and Beach Rope as Grips and a Copper washer and screw on the base , as the say in Norn Ireland " he's no doser "

Dear Mr Boyd

Its Judy here . Forgive me making eyes on you but its not often you see a fine fella like yourself in great control of stick . I look forward to following your ups and down with interest . Dont Fall In 

Best wishes 

Judy 

Dear Judy

Eyes off I seen him first 

HELP FROM RIGGER NEEDED

 RIGGER NEEDED

As I say in the Video I am stuck here with sail Problems at ROYAL NORFOLK

 & SUFFOLK YACHT CLUB and am in dire need of Rigger . I am running on a limitted Budget and fresh air so any help from a Rigger would be greatly appreciated and not go un noticed . and would be more than happy to put your logo or service in the Sponsor Section of the Blog

I would just like to say THANKS to all who helped on the GO FUND Page ( Button Above)  big and small to make these adventures possible, so I thought you all deserve a special mention to date and a BIG THANK YOU

Adam D, Michael P , Paul B  , Charlie M, Edward E , Douglas W , David H

Violeta V. , Mark D , Clare K , Mandy D , Colin F , Leslie H  , Julie P and to the many folk who post anon 

I’m now stuck in Lowestoft UK (21/08 /20 ) in a marina due to some problems with my forestay rigging on “just because”. It’s pretty expensive being stuck here waiting on riggers to come sort my problem the weather is easing and looking so good for us to munch up a few miles In my circumnavigation of the uk and Ireland we kind of done it the long way taking in the outer Hebrides also just to make it a little harder and add some miles to it and hopefully keeping you all entertained. I don’t want to be doing more miles with my boat as she isn’t right and I still have a passage across the Celtic sea which is a big offshore sail and part of the fastnet race a race my boat was built for..you will see "  Just Because " round the famous fast net rock. I also have an inexperienced crew with me on this one so I want things right. Anyway I’d just like to say a massive thank you to all you that has helped me here

We are currently resolving all of the Technical issues and Journey Problems so keep watching on You Tube or Follow the regular updates on the Blog. Feel free to comment or suggest anything that you would find interesting or useful here. Watch Out !!! "Just Because "  is Ready To Move 

LOCHMADDY & SCALPAY

 LOCHMADDY & SCALPAY

Well since I have good web here ( LOWESTOFT ) I guess it’s time to give you the next episode of my antics. Lots going on here at the minute and it’s the first I’ve got sitting down. So we leave south Uist and head to north Uist to a place known as Lochmaddy. Well let’s first start with the sail up it was uneventful peaceful run we even seen some dolphins. When we pulled into Lochmaddy we were glad to see room on the pontoon as we knew heavy wind was coming ...the run into the pontoons is straight forward. The marina itself had nothing when we were there as it is undergoing a big overhaul no showers toilets all the things you would associate with a marina we did get cal macs free WiFi tho. There is shop fuel and hotel here all close by so you can get what you need... it’s a small place So we get a break in the wind so we make a dash for island of Scalpay just of the the Isle of Harris we were for going west out to St Kilda and the beautiful west coast of Harris but weather wouldn’t allow and we would of waited ages...so Scalpay it was... the south anchorage here is very beautiful and that’s where we dropped the hook....no great hazards here and the holding is great in about 9meters you will stick out a blow. Anyway I’m of for a shower here at our new location so folks have an awesome weekend and get out there and have yourselves some adventures

Back Ground

"Scalpay of Harris" to distinguish it from Scalpay off Skye) is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland

The island of Scalpay is a 2.5 sq mile island and is connected to Harris via a single track bridge.

Scalpay is a popular location for fishing, diving, walking and relaxing, has a population of around 300 and the majority of islanders speak Gaelic.

Eilean Glas, which can be found on a small peninsula to the eastern shore of the island, is home to the first lighthouse to be built in the Outer Hebrides. The island has quite a number of lochans, the largest of these being Loch an Duin, which has a small island with the remains of a fort.

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