Portsalon to Portrush

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This was a sail which started off beautifully. We slipped the anchor in Lough Swilly at 0715 and with the ebb tide had a beautiful sail to Malin Head. As we entered the Inishtrahull Sound I was conscious of the words in the pilotage book.... this is the most challenging Sound on the north coast, more so than Tory or Rathlin. ut we had the tide with us and a gentle F2 on the nose after we turned east into the sound and it was a 6 - 7 knot motor to Inishowen Head. So now though we were safely through the passage the tide turned against us and we took over three hours to make the last ten miles to Portrush. We arrived in this bustling seaside town (think Kilkee by fifty) and tied up to a pontoon right in the centre of the harbour. Northern Ireland here we come .... with the tricolour stashed safely (?) below.

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Photos

Giants causeway
worth seeiing but not worth going to see

Bushmills
for low level spiritual research..... try Bushmills!