Dansa was my 1st boat, she was a Sadler 25. I bought her in 2002. This was following trips on my friend Don’s boat in Scotland during which I had become enamoured of sailing and decided that having my own boat was the thing to do.
Sailing Dansa set me out on the path of becoming a sailor and I had a number of years exploring the coast of Anglesey, North Wales and the Irish Sea ranging from Lundy & Milford Haven in the up to the Firth of Clyde in the north & Ireland to the west. This included a circumnavigation of Ireland.
Here are a few accounts of some of the times I had in her, experiences that helped me become the sailor that I am today.
Voyage to Lundy Island
Summer 2011 Last Cruise in Dansa I always enjoy planning the summer cruise, thinking of places that I have not been to before or that I want to revisit. This summer my sights were set on Lundy. In my climbing years it was somewhere I had always wanted to visit to...
To Brickworks Bay
Sat 23rd May The forecast of SW F5 put me off from exiting the Menai Straits out over Caernarfon Bar. So instead I headed for the Northern coast of Anglesey where it would be a more sheltered. Running out towards Puffin Sound under genoa alone it certainly didn't feel...