Friday, 22.07.2016 Day 20 59,1 km 5.30 h to 18.50 h minus 1,5 hrs shopping N 54.24592 W 09.87997 Broadhaven I got up half an hour later than intended, paddled easy around the corner of Clare Island and found a dozen hyper modern floating circular fish breeding places. The net attached to the maybe 12 […]

Thursday, 21.07.2016 Day 19 No paddling A perfect rest day for my body, the rain dripped almost all day on my tent. I slept a lot and felt my body recovering. Just a short walk in between rain squalls up to a nice looking local pub for the idea of charging some batteries was disappointing, […]

Wednesday, 20.07.2016 Day 18 56,3 km 7.00 h to 19.10 h N 53.80114 W 09.95294 Clare Island My plan to stay on day to recover on this beautiful island had to be shifted to the next day and the next, hopefully also beautiful island as I guessed Thursday as the better day to rest with […]

Tuesday, 19.07.2016 Day 17 60,7 km 5.35 to 17.30 h N 53.40797 W 10.18442 Chapel Island, Slyne Head I really liked to sleep a bit longer this morning, but at 4.30 h two stray dogs were doing a show outside my tent. They probably didn’t like me here on their private beach? Shut up, this […]

Monday, 18.07.2016 Day 16 52,6 km 5.45 to 17.30 h N 53.06604 W 09.51266 Inisheer, Aran Islands The forecast was very calm wind, not over 10 knots. And sun! But when I woke as usual at 4 am, it was so foggy I could not see the water on high tide. I decided to have […]

Sunday, 17.07.2016 Day 15 55,0 km 5.30 to 15.50 h N 52.66865 W 09.65360 Kilkee It was 1,5 hrs after high tide when I launched this morning, and I saw already on the reef break between my island and the small one across which I passed yesterday easily that the sea had lifted. Now there […]

Saturday, 16.07.2016 Day 14 40,3 km 5.00 to 13.40 h N 52.32687 W 10.01975 Magharee Islands I got up early to have the choice – a short day of 40 km to the Magharee Isands or a long day of 67 km over to Loop Head, in between is no campsite – see how it […]

Friday, 15.07.2016 Day 13 No paddling Bay behind Clogher Head The forecast for today raised unfortunately to 15-25 knots in the morning, and to 20-35 knots around lunch and later, though nicely south-west. Maybe a mistake, but I decided to give it another rest day, as it was also dense fog all morning and really […]

Thursday, 14.07.2016 Day 12 68,0 km 5.35 to 17.00 h N 52.15619 W 10.46024 Bay behind Clogher Head What a ride! The morning was dead calm, sunny, and I just blamed myself I somehow slept almost an hour too long though my inner clock to get up in time is usually working perfect. It was […]

Wednesday, 13.07.2016 Day 11 No paddling Garnish Bay Long Island A good decision to stay put today, no reason to bash into a 15-20 knots nw headwind and according bumpy seas. And I got my loved Kokatat Expedition dry suit delivered today right at my beach! Well, I had to paddle over the gap to […]