HEBRIDES AGAIN - AILSA CRAIG - AILLSE CREAG

 AILSA CRAIG 

Well Rounded Britain and have returned up to Arran . Thought I woould bring you this picture Ailsa Craig , which we could not land on , but thought with the growing number of hits on are Hebridean Adventures we would fill in with a little background on Ailsa Craig . Here goes

Aillse Creag 

The modern name of the island is an anglicisation of the Gaelic, Aillse Creag meaning "fairy rock"

Ailsa Craig is formed from a volcanic plug from a long extinct volcano believed to be over 500 million years old. It is an archetypal island mountain; a symmetrical cone of primitive rock jutting up from the sea 10 miles west of the south Ayrshire coastline.

Its located halfway between Glasgow and Belfast and is sometimes called " Paddys Milestone "

Alisa Craig is known particularly for two main assets. 1. It is the breeding ground for one of the largest colonies of gannets in the world and 2. it contains a most important 'blue hone' granite quarry, known the world over as the source of granite for curling stones. The lighthouse was built in 1883-6 by Thomas Stevenson.

GO FUND ME THANK YOUS

A Big Thanks to two more folk on the Go Fund me Page making this possible one Anon and to Tommy Stewart Thank You Both this really makes a difference in keeping the " Just Because " up and running and bringing you all of adventures on the sea 

Cape Wrath - Round Britain - 2020

 Cape Wrath 

In Case any one is confused Have posted the Videos a little ot of sequence this one obviously took us onward down the East Coast.. 

We gear up to round Britain’s Cape Horn but if I’m honest it was a walk in the park. We leave the beautiful anchorage and move to Kinlochbervie the last harbour on the mainland before rounding the cape. It had very friendly staff and it was a beautiful little place there is also a few anchorages around it.the approach is ok here to and it’s well sheltered. We moved of the next morning as the weather was perfect for hitting the cape as we approached the water was a little bubbly just letting you know what could happen here if it turned ..but if you wait on weather it’s an easy passage so don’t let the horror stories put you off just watch the weather and tides. Rounding this cape I felt very privileged she let me through with no drama but I can tell you this it was an awesome sight... after rounding it we got the chute up and started pushing along the north coast to an anchorage known as Talmine a beautiful little place on the right days ...again there is a few places round here were you can anchor it took us a few goes to get the hook to grab but once set she held well...some weed down there so bang the boat in reverse and make sure she is well caught. We spent one day here and moved of again to Scrabster the harbour guys were spot on but this wasn’t my type of place and if you need shopping it’s miles away... anyway enough talking from me. Hope you enjoy this leg of the voyage and thanks for staying onboard ⛵️

Cape Wrath


Cape Wrath Lighthouse is located at the most north westerly tip of mainland Britain, in the Durness parish of the county of Sutherland. The Cape is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), as well as a Special Protection Area for birds.

Cape Wrath Lighthouse

Visitting Cape Wrath

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

 BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

MOTIVATION FROM THE SKIPPER

 MOTIVATION FROM THE ADMIRAL  LESSONS OF LIFE

STORNAWAY TO LOCH A CHADH-Fi - SEA SICKNESS & MAYDAYS

 Stornoway to Loch A Chadh-Fi

Earlier This Year on the Hebrides Round

Ok we have not showed you the short run up to Stornoway as it was uneventful and boring. I’ve been to Stornoway a few times now and I’m sure you have seen it in videos when I was heading out to the Faroe Islands. We had a great stay here and I was happy to see a fellow sailor and I guy I’ve followed Fir a long time here on YouTube Drake is his name his channel is Drake paragon some really good adventures from him and Mo it was a real honour having my boat parked up beside Paragon and getting a welcome from Drake. Ok so the sail across the sea of Hebrides was awesome and fast really enjoyed that run. The anchorage we went to was remote but just beautiful we encountered some heavy winds in here but the holding is really good. Coming into the anchorage watch out for fish farms and buoys around this area you will find many hiding places form wind so nothing is to far if things change there is no shops here so be stocked up....anyway enough from me enjoy the video and if I can be of any help on the area please feel free to ask

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 !!

https://skipperjamesadventures.blogspot.com/2020/08/guide-to-norn-ireland-language.html

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.