Sailing Along Ireland’s West Coast, Part 1 | Ep. 196
In this episode we depart Scotland from the southeastern coast of Islay and begin to explore Ireland’s west coast. We thought long and hard about whether we would transit the eastern or western coast of Ireland. On the east, we would need to content with the Irish Sea and the massive tides and currents there. On the west coast, we would be much more exposed to the open Atlantic ocean and all of the weather that typically approaches from the sea. We picked cruising down the west coast to be able to see the amazing cliffs and craggy coastline.
We anchor off of Arranmore Island then sail to Portacloy and spend a few nights there. The cliffs above Portacloy are stunning to look and walk upon!
Join us next time as we hop further south along Ireland’s west coast!
Thanks for watching!
Music Credits
Epidemic Sound:
Jehile’s Reel by Roy Edwin Williams
Desertion by Experia
Hoist the Colours Buccaneers by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Celtics in Disguise by Trabant 33
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Life4.0 Merry Christmas and thank you for the share. Been along that coast on foot, really cool to see it by sea! ⚓️⛵️-Jim
Happy Christmas to you.
I love your pronouncions of some of the Irish place names.
The markings on the headlands were placed there for the allied pilots during WW2 as an aid to navigation with each location being numbered and passed onto the allies. Éire (the name of my country in Irish) is pronounced AA..RA. The fada (accent) over the E is pronounced the same as A in English.
ps don’t use the term British Isles in Ireland, it’s not appreciated.
The west coast it beautiful, enjoy. 🙂
The Irish Sea is not that challenging. You, fair play to you took the more interesting route. Oh and people in the Republic don’t consider this island to be British in any way.
Nice video I worked in NW Mayo many years ago I loved it.
The rugged coastline and cliff walks alone make the west coast route worth every mile🤗Happy Holidays!!🎄🎉
How is the holding along the coast ? Do you swing 180 with the tides ?
You mean the British & Irish Isles or Irish & British Isles but not the British Isles! This is a British term used when Ireland was under British control and a name given that Irish people never consented too! I don't live on a British Island!
Hi admire you both for your courage! I hope when your plodding along at 4 to 6 knots motor or sail you put out a 100 lb mono handline with good a flashy lure on a anti twist swivel setup for Pollock etc ! Nothing like fresh caught fish caught on the beat, whats wrong with heaving too ,for a minute or two that why they called it heaving too, to get the fish in in two mins!😅
Merry Christmas from Canary Islands
Great drone footage of portacloy, well done 👏 looking forward to next installment.