John Whiteley, crew first part of 1st leg. Received the customary text ‘you up for a sail mate?’ Bristol / Lerwick – just a few days. Must be truly short of crew to ask me, I thought. Any roads up – nothing ventured –…
Hazel Richard, crew 1st leg Finally we arrived at Lerwick….a beautiful little harbour full of interesting pathways and shops to browse. The locals are incredibly friendly and made time to stop and talk for a while. We enjoyed hot showers…
Ros Edwards, Crew 2nd Leg, written whilst still in the UK 29 June 2016 It is a week before I join Northabout in Tromso. I’m sitting on a train on the way into London for a meeting, just arriving at…
Dave Marshall, crew 1st leg, currently on board, when written docked in Lerwick 27 June 2016 Up at 4:30 a.m., and when have I ever intentionally seen such an hour? Just down from my twice daily 6-10 watch, and a part…
Hello. Sorry about the wait, Dad didn’t get round to sending the last one until about half a hour ago. Anyway. Thankfully I didn’t throw up again yesterday and at the end of my night shift I was no longer…
Hello again. So, after I stopped writing to you I went to bed. I was still asleep when we weighed anchor at three o’clock and was only woken up five minutes after my watch started. For some reason John and…
Hazel Richards, crew 1st leg We have been travelling for over two weeks now and I declare I have well and true found my sea legs! Having crossed the Atlantic on cruise ships many times, this is the first real…
Feeling a bit sleepy on night watch. Hi. Since I wrote to you yesterday lots of fun suff has happened, sort of. After breakfast there wasn’t much to do so I just sat a read while the guys from Sharpness…
Northabout in Holyhead Hi, sorry I haven’t written for a while, things were happening. Anyway, we left the Bristol Channel and everyone was fine. I was on watch first and it was all absolutely fine. Almost everyone was on deck…
Hi, I’ve finally got Dad off the phone for long enough to get the laptop off him, so here’s instalment two. You know how I said yesterday was a long tiring day? Yeah, well, its got nothing on today. After…
