EASTER CRUISE TO STRANGFORD

We hope to encourage as many boats (sail or motor) as possible to  take part in the annual  E aster  C ruise as it is a great short break over Easter. In the past couple of years we have had Eauvation, Nice One, Aimless, Maverick and Grand Cru.

If you would like to join us or have any questions please give Ben(225000) or Jason (407763) a call/text.

Trip Details
HW times Douglas
Thur 2nd April -HW1336 LW 2024
Fri 2nd April - LW 0838 HW1417
Sat 3rd April - HW1456
Sun 4th April - HW1536
Mon 5th April - LW 1034 HW1621
H W Stranford +0147 later than above times

We intend leaving Douglas on the Thursday evening at 5.30 to sail down to Port St Mary for the night, arriving before LW 2024. On Friday we will leave Port St Mary at 8am with an aim to arrive into Portaferry marina before HW which is 1707. The sail time should be 5 to 6 hours,arriving for 2pm ish. The latest time to arrive is 5pm before the tide turns in the Lough.

On Sat we intend to have a sail up the Lough to The Lightship (and have a BBQ on board the ship), which is around a 2 hour sail. We need to arrive 1 hour before HW to get there which will mean leaving Portaferry at 1pm. (If sailing from Peel you will need to leave latest HW -5 which would mean leaving Peel at approx 9am aiming to arrive 5 hours later at 2pm - allowing 8  hours max)

On Sunday we will sail out of the Lough to Ardglass marina to enable a simple sail home as the marina has 24 hour access. We will leave the Lightship at 2pm to go out of the Lough on the falling tide(ebb starts 1536) . Arrival at Ardglass should be around 7pm.

On Monday we will head home, aiming to arrive before HW 1621 (the last lift will probably be 1745). We should therefore aim to go through the calf by 1pm, which will mean leaving Ardglass by 9am. (If sailing to Peel you should leave latest 11am to get in by HW 1621).