Adventure Now S.3,Ep.15. Sailing yacht Altor of Down - from Wicklow, Ireland to Wales & Falmouth, UK

Hello and welcome to episode 15 of the 3rd Season of Adventure Now aboard sailing yacht Altor of Down, a Moody 44. Please join us as we visit beautiful Wicklow Town in the Republic of Ireland and then sail across the Irish Sea to Milford Haven in Wales where we spend three weeks awaiting a weather window to sail further south. We have a great time visiting friends new and old and sit out gales on a mooring buoy outside Pembroke Haven Yacht Club. Finally we get a northerly wind, albeit a gale, and we sail around Lands End. We get a kicking on the way across the Bristol Channel but we arrive safely in beautiful Falmouth, in Cornwall.
Filmed in October and November 2022 using a Panasonic Lumix FZ1000, a Rhode microphone and edited with iMovie.
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Nimbus by Eveningland
Crazy like That by Lofive
War On Love (Instrumental Version) by Pastis
War On Love by Pastis
Sore Hands by Guy Copeland
R Deep M High by Wellmess
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Video posted from Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, England, on the 23rd of December 2022
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[@kenbudd6216]

Great season brilliant films real sailing thanks hear is to the next season

[@AdventureNow]

Hi Ken 🙃 Thank you so much for watching and your comment! We enjoyed this season so much, it was truly magic and all that we planned to achieve, we did. Here is to the next season 🥂 All the best to you! Asha & Mark

[@twotubefamily9323]

Thank you Mark and asha , always inspiring fun and poignant

[@AdventureNow]

Ah, thank you so much for watching and for your kind words. Happy Christmas to you. Asha & Mark

[@sailingaphrodite4189]

Glad to see you are still enjoying a post passage dram.

[@AdventureNow]

There’s always time for a dram! Happy new year to you 😀

[@kevinbonner6653]

Good video!

[@AdventureNow]

Thank you :) Glad you like the video!

[@sailingpolaris]

Nice one! Retrospectively I am glad we were in a safe haven all that time…

[@AdventureNow]

Hi Kathrin and Daniel 🙃 Thank you so much! Looking back at the experience now, I wouldn't like to repeat it, but I'm really glad we made it, otherwise we would have wintered in Wales or returned to Scotland (which wouldn't be so bad!). Hope you both are keeping well 🙂 Love & hugs 🤗 Asha & Mark

[@dryfixpreservation]

Ohhh you two are one of my new favourite sailing channels! Its great to see places im familiar with and some real sailing. Thank you so much for taking the time to makes these videos, its appreciated. Best wishes Russ

[@mikehurley5052]

A dodgy knight sail but well done. Have a good xmas and new year.

[@AdventureNow]

Thank you Mike. It was a little feisty but I guess it can’t all be smooth sailing!!! Happy Christmas and best wishes to you too for 2023

[@kevinbond3858]

Great to see you made it south safely. Milford Haven looks like a nice spot - might venture there next year.

[@AdventureNow]

Hi Kevin. Yes it’s a nice spot in there and plenty of places to shelter too! Thank you for watching and happy Christmas to you 🎉

[@123boat]

Lovely video again. Hope you both have a great Christmas and new year. Next year the Med!!! 😁

[@AdventureNow]

Thank you very much. We are pleased you enjoyed it. Happy Christmas to you too. Asha & Mark

[@johnlees1176]

Good to see you’re all-but home.

[@flowtantra]

Hi John :) Thanks for watching! Yes, eventually Mark sailed Altor single-handed to his home town while I had to fly to my homeland, however we've been back together on the boat for Christmas.

[@johnlees1176]

@@flowtantra Glad to hear it. I hope Poland (I trust I got the right homeland) served you well &, “welcome home” now you’re back. We’re now over-landing, getting from Boquete in Panama to Puerto Viejo in Costa Rica today. We’ll be in San Jose around Jan 3 & will head north to volcano country til almost the end of Jan, then it’s home & time to spend prep-time on Liv of Nyhavn. Spring & sailing can’t come soon enough after the Tropics. Take care & see guys around the Scottish coast. Happy New Year. JohnL

[@AdventureNow]

@@johnlees1176 Yes you did indeed get the right homeland. Good luck with your preparations and we hope to see you somewhere In Scotland where the air is a little fresher!!! Happy new year to you too! 👍 Asha & Mark

[@sailingwithgrannyandgrandad]

Another great episode guys, remember crossing the Bristol Channel in similar conditions, what a ride ! Wishing you both a wonderful Xmas and all the very best for 2023. Hope to be lucky enough to see you again somewhere out there on the water next season. Cheers !! Frank and Caroline (Juniper)

[@AdventureNow]

Hello to you both! Yes the Bristol Channel is good at giving us all a dusting off isn’t it!!! Thank you so much and thank you for the footage you gave us when we arrived in Largs. Hope you are both well and happy Christmas to you too. Asha & Mark

[@Angeleyesjulie]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@AdventureNow]

Thank you ❤️

[@chrisdawson2119]

That was a pretty feisty sail from Milford to Falmouth. I remember watching the weather window at the same time, and wondering if you would make the leap. It was in Solva that I broke my ankle in July '21 so I didn't see as much of it as I wanted, other than The Harbour Inn. Great watching as always.

[@AdventureNow]

Hello Chris. Yes it was a little feisty. Like you, we thought that we had to go go go!!!! Busted ankle 🤕 I’m sure the Harbour Inn helped your recovery 😂 Great to have a few beers the other night. Happy Christmas 👍👍👍

[@brianpaterson3996]

And you Mark🎉

[@brianpaterson3996]

Happy new year Asher m

[@AdventureNow]

Happy New Year to you too, Brian 🥂 All the best!!! Asha & Mark

[@WavedancerWesterlyfulmar]

Interesting to see Milford haven. Haven’t been in further than Dale

[@LittleBoatAdventures]

I'm sure some clean underwear was required after sailing is those conditions. 👏👏

[@AdventureNow]

I definitely had to check 😂 Thank you watching!

[@WavedancerWesterlyfulmar]

Do as the Irish… have a cuppa tea. We have anchored there twice never went ashore when going south from Dublin. If you’re in Arklow say hi from Yvonne and John from Wave Dancer to Niall O’Toole the harbour master. He’s such a gentleman. We pop in just to visit him

[@sailingsheriff3349]

Well done with that sail. Glad to see you made it. Here’s to you both for the festive season cheers 🥃🥃🥃

[@AdventureNow]

Thank you very much. Nothing like an end of season feisty one 😳😳😳 Happy Christmas to you both too and happy new year 🥃🥃

[@vincentleger9875]

What is heaviest on board? The iron keel, or the whiskey bottles? 🤣Merry Christmas to you both!

[@AdventureNow]

Hahaha 🤣 Well, at the start of the season it’s probably the whisky 🥃 Happy Christmas to you too 😃

[@vincentleger9875]

@@AdventureNow I have just arrived on bord in Brittany from Madagascar. I think I'll empty a few bottles 😜

[@flowtantra]

@@vincentleger9875 No better reason for celebrations than arriving in the next port/destination 😁🥂 Hope you enjoy your time back in homeland.

[@craiggilchrist6218]

Glad you made it south safely, thanks for every episode you posted this season enjoyed every one of them. Happy Christmas and I hope 2023 is a cracker for you both. 😁👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@AdventureNow]

Hi Craig. Thank you so much! So glad you have enjoyed our season! Happy Christmas to you too and best wishes for 2023. Asha & Mark

[@robertwilliams4618]

hi guys glad you made it to the Cornwall coast and also that you've included the true realties of planning around Mother Nature, Merry Xmas from down here in New Zealand , are we going to get some insights to the upgrades and repairs when you first got altor over your winter cheers rob nz.

[@AdventureNow]

Hi Rob. I reckon you are our most distant viewer so thank you for watching our adventures. Maybe we should do an episode about the boat, work to get her ready and upgrades etc. What do you think? Happy Christmas to you in NZ! Asha & Mark

[@jesusbeiro6113]

Have a great Xmas guys !!!🎉 and superb 2023 sailing year !!! Cheers and Bo Nadal from Muros !!!

[@AdventureNow]

Thank you very much and Bo Nadal to you and your family too 😀 Asha & Mark

[@edwardhazelden6424]

I think the boatyard where you moored is the home yard of the Sailing Brothers?

[@AdventureNow]

Hi Edward :) Not sure, but you could be right! Asha