The first blister

Our hands are sore and the first blisters begin to appear. We have not yet rowed very much – an hour and half today…

Extract from logbook, 6 July 2008

From Wicklow heading for Portsmouth

8.30 Breakfast by the ship9.00 Skipper’s briefing:

The wind has turned…

Howth history and the prison in Wicklow

Dear Diary,today I write to you from Wicklow Town in County Wicklow - a town foundedby the Vikings and I have much…

Pølser med pasta og en klat relish

Pølser med pasta og en klat relish

The crew get ready for the long voyage. Photo: Werner Karrasch

The Sea Stallion has left Ireland on course for Lands End

The high tide bore the Sea Stallion away from Ireland with 200-400 nautical miles ahead

Next stop England!

The Sea Stallion has to get round the notorious "corner" of England, Lands End. The distance is 200 nautical miles…