Eda Frandsen Sailing

During the wettest April on record for England, eight of us escaped from London for nine days of sun on Eda. The conditions were perfect for her first voyage of the season and she, under Jamie and Penny’s expert control, treated us to white beaches, turquoise waters and some seriously fast sailing. We made it to the Flannan isles where we were greeted by puffins in their thousands, and all the way down to watch hundreds of seals sunbathing on Mingulay. In between we saw golden eagles and whales, ate fresh crab rolls, scaled mountains and sunbathed in secluded bays. A night passage from Mingulay to Muck by moonlight and a 200-dolphin escort back into Mallaig topped off a truly magical and memorable week. Thank you Jamie and Penny. We will never forget it x

We have just finished another successful week sailing in company with the other traditional Scottish charter boats. There was Eda, Ezra, Lizzie May, Rosa and Ada, Margeuritte and Mascotte making up the fleet. We had some great close quarter sailing and the usual fierce inter ship rivalry! The weather did not co operate quite as well as last year but we still managed to get this picture off the West of Mull.

After the wettest and windiest May that anybody can remember we can now say with condidence thaty Eda’s storm sails have had a workout. We knew she was strong. Now we know that she is bullet proof! With trysail and reefed staysail she took everything that the weather could throw at her. There were gusts well in excess of 100 knots one day and she took it in her stride. Sorry that there are no pictures of this but it was just too nasty to get the camera out. Weather much better now and the sun has finally come out. Has summer finally arrived?…..

An initial first trip to St kilda with weather as lovely as it can only be in May here. Clearly a good omen for the rest of the summer!!

That’s the start of our season then… Eda boldly heads out to St kildo on her first trip of the season looking very shiny after an extensive winter refit. There have been a few extra improvements made over the winter and Jamie, Penny and Eda herself are just itching to try them all out! The weather is perfect as it so often is at this time of year and we trust this is a good omen for the rest of the season. Happy sailing and there will be some more pictures to follow soon.
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Jamie and Penny.

Eda Frandsen was in her element with the gales we had last week. We dusted off the trysail and storm jib and she handled the force 9 winds beautifully. We also did a very stormy excersise with the local rescue helicopter which was very informative for us both. It also gave us these very unusual pictures.

We have just finished what was arguably our best week ever. We managed to get a whole fleet of charter boats together and sail for a week in company. They were all gaff cutters with similar sailing characteristics and the close quarter sailing we had was truly awesome. We will definately be doing it again next year.