Sailing Adventures | Willie-WTF

Sailing the East Coast to the West Coast of Scotland through the Caledonian Canal.

by Willie | Feb 6, 2023 | Sailing Adventures

Port Edgar (Edinburgh) to Fort William in the Scottish Highlands At last, after six years on the hard (in a cradle on land) at Port Edgar Marina, we finally launched Toucan on August 10, 2022. It was a long slog to service or replace all the electronics, and overhaul...

Trinidad to Scotland – Trans-Atlantic Crossing

by Willie | Jan 3, 2017 | Sailing Adventures

We were now living in Scotland looking after my mum who had Alzheimers and Toucan was still in the Caribbean. We decided to bring the boat over to Scotland, but Deb had to stay behind to look after mum, and that meant I would have to single-hand sail the boat across...

Sailing the Caribbean – North to Martinique and South to Grenada

by Willie | Dec 19, 2016 | Sailing Adventures

This two part video is from 1996 (old technology!) when Deb was away on a trip to Canada and our good friends Bill and Kaye were sailing southward from St Martin. I thought it would be a good idea to sail up to Martinique and sail back down the Windward Islands...

Sailing the Caribbean (Rough Guide)

by Willie | Dec 20, 2015 | Sailing Adventures

Sailing the Caribbean It seems to be always blowing 20 knots from the Atlantic either from the North east or South East direction (the wagging of the dogs tail), and the seas are normally 4-6 ft on the windward side of the islands, so we always sail on the leaward...

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Sailing the East Coast to the West Coast of Scotland through the Caledonian Canal.

Trinidad to Scotland – Trans-Atlantic Crossing

Sailing the Caribbean – North to Martinique and South to Grenada

Sailing the Caribbean (Rough Guide)

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