Fair head

Ballycastle to Glenarm

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July 16th 2011
Day 28 16th July 2011 Ballycastle to Glenarm Departed 0645 and arrived 0915 We did this 22 mile hop in 2.5 hours!!!! We planned our passage to use the flood SE going tide. This was to start soon after 0700. As we approached Fair Head in a calm sea we were doing 4.5 on the log. I asked Sally to check our speed over the ground (S.O.G.). We were doing 10.8 knots. Six knots of tide…. We rounded ... read more

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Celtic tribes arrived on the island between 600-150 B.C. Invasions by Norsemen that began in the late 8th century were finally ended when King Brian BORU defeated the Danes in 1014. English invasions began in the 12th century and set off more than se... ... read more