Jonny Moore Latest News History
25.06.08
Hi all. Sorry I've not been able to update sooner, the Isle of Man has a different network that I can't use online!
It's been a really tiring few days since the start of my trip, and I am now feeling very worn out and a little bit lonely, as I am in "foreign lands"!
I am hopeful, however, that, once I am in scottish (and more familiar waters), that I will settle down into the trip, and be able to get going properly.
However, whilst the weather continues like this, I am going to have to take short steps up the Irish coast, avoiding the worst of it, before going across the north channel to Port Ellen on Islay.
The weather in Port St Mary was "building" when I arrived and the following day was actually quite scary, see photo, it makes you feel quite small and insignificant particulally when you are in a 21` boat. Going across to Ireland had never featured in my plans but due to the weather systems comming in seems to me to be the only option if I am to keep moving. Today I am having a rest day as the crossing from Peel was again a bit "full on" and overall I probably haven`t had much sleep since Holyhead.
Bye for now!!
Jonny
24.06.08
Jonny has arrived in Bangor Northen Ireland after another long passage. He is looking forward to some shorter hops up the coast now to give him time to settle down into the trip. Both the passage over to IOM and this one to Bangor have been quite hard as both have been well over 12hrs in length and around the 50 nautical mile distance (all of you small boat owners will relate to this no doubt) He is hoping to put some news up later as he thinks Bangor marina have WiFi, but first its big mugs of tea and food.
23.06.08
Jonny has arrived in Peel having left Port St Mary at 1140hrs and passed through Calf Sound at the Southen tip of IOM. He arrived at Peel at 1625hrs after a uneventful leg. The winds had died right back and he had to motor for the last 2 hours in order to get in as access is only 2 hrs either side of high water. He plans to spend the night here before a early start tomorrow (0330hrs) for the crossing to Bangor, Northen Ireland. Jonny is hoping that when he reaches Ireland he will be able to link in to the internet to update this himself and also add some photo`s.
23.06.08
Jonny has spent the last 2 days in Port St Mary sheltering from the gales that have swept through the Irish Sea. IOM have been experiencing winds of over 50 mph (gale force 9) with huge waves and swell. Due to this and the sea state it has left behind Jonny has deceided to change his route. He is planning to leave today around 1130am and head to Bangor in Northen Ireland. From here he will make his way north to Ballycastle in Rathlin Sound on the northen tip of Ireland, planning with luck to cross to Port Ellen on Islay on friday of this week. Further high winds are forecast for the Irish sea on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday but Jonny is hopeful that by going to Ireland he will have a weather shore and so be able to work his way northwards.
21.06.08
Jonny departed from Holyhead marina at 0915hrs yesterday and arrived at Port St Mary on the Isle of Man at 2130hrs after a lively passage, surfing into the harbour at over 7knots with 2 reefs in the main. The forecast is not good for the next couple of days (see below) so he will be holeing up and waiting for it to blow through. Many thanks to all of you who turned out to see him off and to everyone who has sent good luck messages. At the moment he has no internet coverage so is unable to post himself, but will be updating as soon as he reaches Scotland.
Isle of Man
Issued by the Met Office at 0500 UTC on Saturday 21 June 2008
24 hour forecast:
Wind - East or southeast 3 or 4 increasing 5 or 6, veering south 6 to gale 8 later.
Weather - Fair then rain at times.
Visibility - Good becoming moderate or poor.
Sea State - Slight becoming rough.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind - South veering west 7 or gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9, veering northwest 5 later.
Weather - Occasional rain then fair.
Visibility - Moderate or poor becoming good.
Sea State - Rough or very rough, becoming moderate later.
19.06.08
Its now just over 24hrs before I will be leaving Holyhead. One last GCSE exam to sit today and then I will be travelling down to North Wales this afternoon.
A local company "Adventure Learning" who specialise in 1st aid courses for people for people working in the outdoor enviroment, apart from giving me invaluable advise on 1st aid issues, have provided me with a Satelite positioning system. This will show my position on Google Maps as I make my way around Britain. Just follow the link from my homepage. For more information on Adventure Learnings courses see their website http://www.adventurelearning.co.uk/
17.06.06
Newsletter No. 6 is now in the archive section of my site, and my justgiving link is now live for online donations. Apart from last minute preperations, there has been some great news in terms of fundrasing. I've been given two new Laser 2000's to give to the cadets... For the full story, see my newsletter!
Taking delivery of the 2 new "Laser 2000" dinghys.
09.06.08
This last weekend has once again been spent doing last minute jobs in preperation for "the big off". Saturday was taken up fitting the tillerpilot kindly donated by Simrad. This is their TP32 model, the largest in the range, they have also provided a HP22 remote which should enable me to adjust course whilst working the foredeck or from below decks. Fitting was straightforward if time consuming due to the lack of access to some areas of Casulen and the fact that we were doing this on a mooring in a popular bay with lots of passing boats. We still have to calibrate the unit but require a pushrod extention (which has been ordered) to finish the job.
We dried out in the afternoon to enable us to fit all the sponsors logos to the hull. Even this had its moments as quite a breeze was blowing making for a interesting time with large pieces of sticky plastic flapping around.
Sunday dawned hot and sunny again with the most perfect sailing breeze. We took Casulen out so that I could try out sail changes single handed particually with the Spinnakers. All the new Kemp sails are fantastic and Casulen is pointing at least 5 degrees closer to the wind if not more.
I am due to be setting off to sail around to Holyhead next Friday afternoon after sea trials with the tillerpilot in the morning. Hopefully I should be there on Sunday. Then its back for my final exam on Thursday 19th June and away on the 20th June for what promises to be an amazing adventure.
04.06.08
I`m right in the middle of my exams right now like thousands of others and it seems strange to think that in 16 days time I should be on my way. Actually I will be leaving the weekend before, 14th/15th June, to sail Casulen II around from Abersoch to Holyhead on the first stage of the trip which should prove a good shakedown. I`ll have two "interesting" passages here, through Bardsey Sound and then around "South Stack" on Anglesey. For any of you familiar with this area you will know that both of these can be fomidable passages in the wrong conditions so I`ll be watching the forecasts closely. The plan is then to leave the boat in Holyhead Marina as I have to return for my final GCSE exam on Thursday 19th June before returning that night to set off on the 20th June. Holyhead is my offical send off and anyone is more than welcome to come and wave me off. Departure time will probably be around 9am but I will confirm this closer to the date.
_1212573392.JPG "Cruising Chute")
Last week my new sails arrived from Kemp Sails and we managed 3 days on Casulen fitting these and getting some sea trials in. The wind was very light but this gave me a chance to try out the spinnakers on my own. The crusing chute is awesome in light winds and very easy to handle. Thanks Matt and the team at Kemp.
This comming weekend will be spent fitting the tillerpilot, kindly supplied by Simrad, many thanks to Jim for all your assistance with this.
Jonny
18.05.08
Like many others of my age GCSE`s start for me tomorrow. This means that in 32 days time I leave on my Around Britain adventure. I have not too much time for sailing right now although my father and younger brother took Casulen II out at the weekend and sailed a triangular route of about 24 miles out into the Irish sea. They used my windvane for all of it except leaving and picking up the mooring so it would appear to be working well.
Also on the steering front Navico have confirmed that they are happy to help me by providing me with a Simrad tillerpilot for my voyage. As many of you may know windvanes have their limitations when coastal sailing and are of no use at all if motoring so the fitting of a tillerpilot has always been one of the key essentials for this trip. Many thanks to Jim and all at Navico for your support.
I am also having my own oilies produced for this trip and Coating Applications have been kind enough to support me by supplying all the fabric for these. I have a meeting on thursday to discuss designs with a company who are keen to produce these with the posibility of producing a UK manufactured range in the future based on these.
All for now, back to revision and exams.
Jonny.
06.05.08
The weekend was spent down in North Wales, rebuilding Casulen`s rudder after the "knock" it received during launching. It was pretty full on as we were drying out and working between tides. 
The rudder shaft had been bent at least 10 degrees out of line but we have straightened this out with the help of a trailer, two cars and a 8 ton bottle jack! We made good the rudder with epoxy and also rebuilt and faired in the base of the rudder tube which had taken a severe knock. Whilst doing this we took the opportunity to add a bronze plain bearing at the base of the rudder tube as Corribee`s have no bearing as standard that we have ever seen.
The hardest part was trying to dig a hole deep enough to get the rudder back in during heavy downpours on the Sunday. The hole just seemed to fill as fast as we dug!
On Monday all was finished and we went sailing which, after all, is what its all about. This gave me the chance to try out my windvane. This worked instantly, much to my supprise (I don`t quite know what I was expecting) and although I have much to learn about its use we managed to sail about 8 miles without helming. It doesn`t seem to like a down wind course but from what I have read not many of them do. The learning continues.
Many thanks to Mike (Tern Tu) for his help this weekend.
After sending out a email to all the Sea Cadet Units around the coast many have got in touch offering their assistance during my trip. Thankyou all for your kind offers and I look forward to meeting you all.
24.04.08
Casulen II has now had her hull decals fitted, many thanks to Chris at CM Signs for an amazing job completed in under 24hrs from first seeing the boat.
Contact CM Signs, Milnthorpe, Cumbria 015395 63000
Last weekend we were launching Casulen II togther with amother Corribee Tern Tu down in North Wales. The weekend didn`t go exactly to plan, in fact anything but! To read a full account of our trials read "Sod`s Law" in the trips section of this site.
11.04.08
Any of you who have been following the technical section of this site may be interested to hear that I have finished my windvane. All that remains is to sea trial it and start the great learning curve on how to use it and find out its limitations.
Casulen II is now ready for the water and weather permitting will be launched next weekend. The forcast at the moment is looking OK. It is now exactly 70 days until my departure which I am sure will pass by very quickly as between now and then I have all of my GCSE exams to sit! Thanks to all the people who have supported me so far and enabled me to reach this position, you know who you are.
08.04.08
Once again I have been really fortunate in the support that I am receiving. McMurdo have loaned a EPIRB and a PLB for the duration of my trip around Britain. Although these are two items that I hope I will not be using it should be reassuring for my family and myself knowing that Casulen II is equipped with state of the art safety equipment such as these. Many thanks to all at McMurdo for your support.
07.04.08
We were really disappointed that the Polar Bear trip to Norway had to be postponed. However, we still managed to get out for a couple of days to do some sea trials and had a really great time, getting up to Blyth and back before sorting out the boat and removing the sails prior to her being lifted out of the water again. She is now scheduled to leave in mid May, but unfortunately it is unlikely that I will be able to go because I will be full on with GCSE exams and coursework at school!
20.03.08
Departure date for Polar Bear has been set for Sunday 23rd March from Royal Quays Marina in North Sheilds. This promises to be an interesting trip at this time of year, particually with the current weather pattens bringing strong cold winds and possibly snow from the north, just the direction we will be heading. I fly out from Tromsø on the 5th April so expect an update shortly after unless I can manage one on route.
06.03.08
I have added my latest newsletter No.5 to the newsletter section giving futher details of progress.
05.03.08
I have nearly finished my self steering windvane, more info in the technical section.
A provisional launch date for Casulen II has been set 12/13th April so this only leaves me with 3 weekends once I take out the Polar Bear trip to Norway to get her ready. Can hardly wait to get her back on the water.
18.02.08
I have been fortunate to recieve a great deal of generous support from Northern Diver. They have supplied me with both Thermalskin suits and Metalux 200 suits for my trip. I am looking forward to trying these out next month when I head up to Arctic Norway. Many thanks to all at Northern Diver for taking the time out of your busy schedule to assist me.
07.02.08
Once again I have been invited to join Polar Bear on her delivery trip to Arctic Norway. She will be departing from her home port, Royal Quays Marina, North Sheilds, Newcastle upon Tyne around the 17th March 2008, bound for Tromsø. Tromsø is situated 300Km inside the Arctic circle at 69° N so I am hoping for some good sightings of the Aurora Borealis (northen lights). The average temperature is -5°C for this time of year so we will be taking skis with the intention of putting ashore for the odd ski mountaineering trip if time permits. For more information on Polar Bear`s itineraries for 2008 visit.
http://www.thepolarfront.co.uk/
01.02.08
I am pleased to report that Kemp Sails will be supplying the Sails for my trip. Many thanks to Matt and all at Kemp for your support, advice and enthusiasm.
http://www.kempsails.com/da/10252
24.01.08
In December 2007 I was interviewed by ITV Granada about my forthcoming trip. To view the interview click on the link and search `sailing into the record books`. http://www.itvlocal.com/granada/news/
15.01.08
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