CRUISING IN IRELAND

Written by Louis Del Guercio, Dolce

My wife Carolyn and I were half way through the final leg of our first transatlantic crossing when we had to make a decision: where to make landfall.  We had been thinking about the Isles of Scilly, in the southeast of England, more for their whimsical name than anything else.  But our Salty Dawg friend Tim Zimmermann was lobbying for us to come further north to the southeast coast of Ireland, where had he inherited a house in the town of Glendore.  Tim promised that if we came he’d buy us a pint (of beer, we assumed).  How could we resist?

SALTY DAWGS MARITIME RALLY 2025

Written by Robin Worley, Althea; Nicole Monsees, Highlander;  Stephanie Diliberto, Liberty

The fleet consisting of Illusion (Island Packet 45), Liberty (Valiant 42), Il Songo  (Oyster 56), Highlander (Tartan 37), Althea (Tartan 3800), Salome (C&C  35), No Worries (Island Packet 45) and Jenny T (Valiant 37) departed Rockland ME early on July 18^th for the overnight passage to Shelburne NS.   Unfortunately, due to wind forecast, Salome had to make the decision to abort the crossing and decided to head to Swan’s Island, ME- leaving 7 boats in the group.  

The remaining 7 arrived in Shelburne NS by early evening on July 19^th after a pleasant crossing.  Unbeknownst to us we had arrived in Shelburne just in time for their annual town celebration and those in the anchorage had front row seats to a lighted boat parade and fireworks display.