Irish Wildscapes is a photo blog account of a sailing cruise undertaken in May and June 2013 on
Island Girl with the skipper and one crew member.
The cruise is from Loch Carron in Western Scotland and travels south through the Southern Hebrides then crosses to Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland, takes the eastern coast of Ireland passing Belfast and Dublin then heads in a clockwise direction around the southern and west coast of Ireland including the Fastnet lighthouse, Dingle peninsula, Skellig Islands, Aran Islands and Malin Head then returning via Islay, Jura, Loch Sunart, Knoydart to Loch Carron. The cruise was completed in 34 days.
Useful resources used on this cruise:
- An excellent resource for sailors circumnavigating Ireland containing live sea state data, charts and local information on safe havens:
- A summary of the weather conditions in Ireland during this period:
June 2013 Weather Report
An interesting account by David Walsh of the Irish Islands travelling by sea kayak is to be found at the Oileann Link
Oileain pdf to download
- Weather forecasting:
- Irish Marine Map and Sea data links
- Commissioners of Irish Lights
- Sea Kayakers account of the Irish Coast
Oileain pdf to download
- Irish National Parks and Wildlife Service
- Northern Ireland Wildlife
