Pembrokeshire Islands

A great weekend sailing out to Skomer and Grassholm off the Pembrokeshire coast. Lots of sunshine, a good breeze and not too rough at sea! Anchoring at Skomer South Haven with the puffins, a BBQ in Dale and live music at the Griffin Pub☺

2015 sailing trips

More sailing weekends and holidays planned for 2015.

13-21 June: Isles of Scilly

11-12 July: Pembrokeshire (Dale)

8-9 August: Pembrokeshire

22-31 August: Ireland

5-6 September: Pembrokeshire

19-20 September: Pembrokeshire

Get in touch if you'd like to come sailing.

Maurice@vencedor-sailing.co.uk

There will also be a couple of weekends in October to move Vencedor from Pembrokeshire to Portishead for the autumn and winter.

Milford Haven Estuary

Another good weekend sailing in Pembrokeshire, very windy and rough out at sea, so we explored the estuary between Angle and Picton Point. We spent a peaceful night at anchor near Black Tar and were lucky enough to see a dolphin or porpoise near Burton.

Vencedor back afloat!

Vencedor has been relaunched by Dale Sailing at Neyland in Pembrokeshire, it's great to be back on the water.

Had a good weekend sailing on the Milford Haven Estuary with Michelle, Dougal and Esmie. We spent an evening at Dale enjoying the scenery, good weather and watching cormorants.

Looking forward to a season exploring the Pembrokeshire coastline.

Spring 2015

Vencedor will be re-launched in early April onto the Milford Haven estuary in Pembrokeshire.
This year we'll be exploring the Pembrokeshire coastline, Gower, Lundy, Isles of Scilly and Southern Ireland.

18-19 April: Pembrokeshire (Dale)

1-4 May: Pembrokeshire / Gower / Lundy
9-10 May: Pembrokeshire (Dale)
23-25 May: Pembrokeshire and Skomer Island
30-31 May: Pembrokeshire - Milford Haven Estuary

13-21 June: Pembrokeshire / Ireland / Isles of Scilly

More weekends planned for later in the summer.

Photos of Vencedor...

Pembrokeshire

Sailing around Pembrokeshire this autumn

Return to the UK

We arrived at St Mary's just as dawn broke and due to an increasing north-westerly wind decided to anchor on the east of the island at Watermill Cove. The winds eased overnight, the relatively clear skies provided memorable sunrises and sunsets, we enjoyed our very brief stopover in the Isles of Scilly.

The customs regulations prevented us from sailing direct from France back to the UK with our dog on our boat. However, we found out that we could sail from France to Ireland and then back to the UK! So, we didn't land at the Isles of Scilly and early the following morning set sail for Waterford on the south coast of Ireland.

The sail to Ireland took us about 36 hours, arriving at the wide estuary at the mouth of the River Suir that leads inland for 14 miles to the oldest city in Ireland, Waterford. We followed the marked channel past castles, wooded hillsides and railway bridges to the marina pontoons in the centre of the city. We carefully secured our boat alongside another large yacht and dashed ashore for take-away fish and chips!

The city of Waterford was first settled by the Vikings over 1000 years ago, we explored the narrow streets in the city centre and drank Guinness, which is now brewed in the city. We stayed in Waterford for three nights before heading back down the river and out across the Irish Sea towards Pembrokeshire.

Dolphins escorted us at numerous times along the way, right up to the Islands of Skomer and Skokholm. We arrived off the coast of Pembrokeshire in the early hours of the morning and decided to anchor in the south haven of Skomer to wait for a favourable tide. The seals and puffins very quickly appeared, so we spent a few hours watching them before continuing to the Milford Haven estuary.

We had sailed in through the Milford Haven estuary on previous occasions on charter yachts. Now we were sailing in on our own yacht at the end of a 5000 mile voyage! We had arrived back into the UK.