10th - 19th July 2015
We chartered a yacht (the `Catherine J) for a weeks family holiday.
Having never sailed a yacht before we didn`t know what to expect so with Mike Cooper
a friend and our skipper for the week we set sail on what turned an incredible experience
and an inspirational one for me!!
Our `epic` voyage!
Starting from the Kirkwall marina we sailed to Stronsay, Fair Isle, Westray, Rousay,
Shapinsay arriving back at the Kirkwall marina 7 days later- which is a 170 mile round trip!!
On route we met so many lovely people from all over the world and we soon discovered that
sailing was just like being part of one great, big happy family!
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| Skipper and crew of the Catherine J. |
Out of all the islands we visited perhaps the Fair isle was the most memorable for different reasons.
Its a small isolated island with dramatic landscapes and lots of puffins!!
It`s situated 50 miles NE of Kirkwall, halfway between Orkney and Shetland and
took us 8 hours to sail there!
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| Land ahoy!! First view of Fair Isle |
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| Entrance to North Haven, our home for the next 2 nights |
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| Rugged coastline |
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| Only road on the island that leads to the only shop there!! |
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| B&W `arty` photo of North Haven harbour and this rather cool looking seat with resident sheep! |
These are but a few the photos taken, of course I took lots more of all the islands we went to and although they were all unique in their own way it wasn`t this that inspired me on the trip,
I was in fact intrigued in the `art` of sailing the sea.
From the ebb and flow of tides, pressure systems, wind speed and direction, these all
determined our `passage plan` and with Mikes knowledge how best to take advantage of them.
Navigational charts, GPS, compass, buoys, rigging, knots all essential in sailing provided me with
inspiration to take forward into my Creative Practise 3 next semester and the starting point around these ideas is my proposed sculpture from Professional Practise 1.
I am looking forward to starting college again in September and excited that maybe
this sculpture could be realised with concepts taken from around my sailing experience.
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