Sennen to The Scillies and Return, in a Weekend (.pdf)
Sennen to The Scillies and Return, in a Weekend, by Richard Sims – PDF of Hayle Canoe Club website article.
Kayaking Round Ireland June 2014
PDF article from John Bolton + Diane Cooper
Ireland Circumnavigation 2007 (Link to)
Link to an ebook of the trip, by Sam Crowley.
Ireland Circumnavigation 1984 (Andy Fleck)
PDF article from Canoeist Magazine – with kind permission of Stuart Fisher.
Solo circumnavigation of Anglesey – Barry Shaw
by Barry Shaw
Early in the year (2003) I decided I would like to try a circumnavigation of Anglesey in one hit, only thing was where to start from as there were so many different options available. I decided to do it on a 10 metre tide [Liverpool]
to get as much tidal assistance as possible and after a few workings out chose Borthwen at Rhoscolyn as my starting point.
Scillies Crossing 1993
Scillies Crossing 2003 by John Chamberlin, Ian Copestake, Steve Nelson and Tim Oldrini. No write-up unfortunately, just brief details and a few photos.
Skye Circumnavigation Attempt 2019 – Norbert Ziobr
by Norbert Ziobr
Skye is a great distance to paddle around. It is about 125 nm and requires taking a straight line between the headlands.
From my experience I know that it is possible to cover this distance, but only with exceptionally good weather.
I decided to spend a little bit of time to get to know each of the headlands…
The P&H Irish Sea Crossing, July 1972 – (St. George’s Channel)
by John Chamberlin.
At 18.00 hrs on Sunday, 23rd July, George Bazeley, lan Tatam and myself set off from Whitesands Bay (near St David’s in Pembrokeshire, South Wales) to canoe, without escort, to Southern Ireland. 17 hours later at 11 .00 hours on Monday 24th, we landed safely at Rosslare Harbour, County Wexford, feeling tired and uncomfortable, but otherwise fit and well.
Irish Sea Crossing – North Channel – 1986
by John Chamberlin
On Tuesday, 19th August, 1986, Robin Rhodes and I canoed across from Larne in Northern Ireland, to Portpatrick in Galloway, Scotland, in just over 61/2 hours.
Although we had planned the crossing from east to west and hoped to complete it while on holiday in Galloway with our families, the weather over the first week had been unsuitable. With the wind against us again on Tuesday, 19th August, but a sea that looked acceptable from our viewpoint on Castle Bay caravan park, Robin casually suggested a crossing the other way. His off-the-cuff remark led to frenzied activity, and by 10.45 both families had piled into their cars
The P&H Irish Sea Crossing – 14/15 June 1996
By John Chamberlin
‘CHANCE FAVOURS THE PREPARED MIND’
(LOUIS PASTEUR, 1822-95)
‘YOU MAKE YOUR OWN LUCK’
(JOHN CHAMBERLIN, B. 1946)
At 22.30 on Friday, 14 June, 1996, Tim Oldrini and myself left Soldiers’ Point, Holyhead, Anglesey and headed out past North Stack to assume a compass bearing of 280 magnetic. Sixteen and a quarter hours later, at 14.43 on the Saturday, we nosed our two, single-seat sea kayaks into the beach adjacent to the walled harbour at Dun Laoghaire, Ireland. We had completed 60 miles to cross the central Irish Sea in conditions which can only be described as ideal.