Freedom Flight UK Circumnavigation

Richard Steward's Sailing Blog. Single-handed (64%) anti-clockwise circumnavigation of England, Scotland and Wales via the Caledonian Canal and the Shetland Isles in Freedom Flight, a Freedom 35 cat-rigged ketch with a lifting keel, built for Sir John Oakeley in 1981. I have owned her since 2000. Start date - May 5th 2013 Shotley, Suffolk, return 30th August 2013. Crew - John Eastwood, Neil Rice, Roger Tutt, Matthew Steward. 56 passages 2109 miles, 37 single-handed 1368 miles.

Thursday, 6 June 2013


Day 33  (6/6/13)  Portree Harbour (Skye)
Sunny, cold and windy.  Spotted a loading pontoon with two hour mooring for £5.  Walked around the town (very pretty) and had smoked salmon lunch in the Lower Deck Restaurant.  Off to Gairloch or Loch Inver tomorrow.
Posted by Richard Steward at 21:25
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      • Day 49 (23/6/13)  Stein to Canna  (36/979nm) De...
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      • Day 40 (13/6/13) Gairloch to Lochinver  (39/858n...
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      • Day 35  (8/6/13)  Gairloch Harbour Sunny and wa...
      • Day 34  (7/6/13)  Portree (Skye) to Gairloch  (2...
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      • Day 32  (5/6/13)  Mallaig to Portree (Skye)  (39...
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Richard Steward
Walberswick, Suffolk, United Kingdom
I am a retired electronics engineer (71), married with three sons.
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