Grand Tour Sailing Blog

Fiona & Ian’s blog of our Grand Tour – Sailing around the UK in 2023 then crossing the Atlantic in November 2023. In January 2024 starting a circumnavigation of the world in their 57ft Oyster sailing yacht.

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Time Flies

Time Flies 12 May 2023 Our first stop in the Caledonian Canal was at Seaport Marina Inverness, which gave us the opportunity to spend a

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WE ARE OFF !

WE ARE OFF!! MAY 6TH 2023 Its May the 6th – the day of the Kings Coronation.  We find ourselves moored in the Caledonian Canal. 

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What’s in a Stern Tube

8 February 2023 What’s in a Stern Tube In Asante”s case not a lot, we felt it was prudent to replace both the cutlass bearings

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What’s in a Mug

21st JANUARY 2023 Unusual title for a blog, but this Christmas Fiona and myself got these wonderful mugs for presents from one of Fiona’s sons

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All Things Medical

20TH JANUARY 2023 So much of sailing is preparation.  Working through the dreaded ‘what if’ scenarios’.  And while most people will think of sinking boats

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Winter Maintenance

17TH JANUARY 2023 The summer went by in a flash and everything we had planned has been completed.  We more or less stuck to our

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Where does it start

10TH JANUARY 2023 I believe in life there are two types of people.  Those who talk of dreams and those who follow them.  In 1982

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