2022 summary & some stats: Over 200 visits & 11,000 nautical miles in 5 seasons.

Plockton, Lochalsh, Western Ross, Scotland. May 2022.
Sancerre center on a mooring.

2022

St Mawes, Cornwall. September 2022.

The 2022 season weather was a disappointment, during spring and early summer high pressure in the south repeatedly pushed intense low-pressure systems close to the Western Isles and I failed to reach St Kilda. By the end of the season, I had been weather bound for 52 days or 39% of the days I spent on the boat away from the Hamble. I could have reduced that a bit at the expense of a lot of discomfort but as is often said, gentlemen do not go to windward, and that is especially true for septuagenarians with small lightweight boats in strong winds!

Much of the time weatherbound was on a mooring or in a marina so that I spent only 41% of my nights at anchor down from my normal average of around 60% which made this year's trips significantly more expensive than expected.

The best sailing of the year in excellent weather, was from Cowes to Scilly during my trip around the Celtic Sea in August and September.

Entering Caolas Mor anchorage, Lochskipport, South Uist,
Outer Hebrides, to anchor, 3rd May 2022. 

2022	Days	Hours at Sea	GPS N Miles	Days Sailing	Places Visited
S.Uist	88	398	1,774	45	40
Celtic Sea	44	199	1,011	23	19
Total	132	596	2,785	68	59

Porthloo, St Mary's Isles of Scilly, August 2022.

Totals

I have now covered over 11,000 solo nautical miles (13k statute miles) in Sancerre and stopped at 107 different locations overnight.

	Days	Hours at Sea	GPS N Miles	Days Sailing	Visits
2017	14	?	238	13	1
2018	46	?	1,559	31	22
2019	49	485	2,282	41	26
2020	64	372	1,685	33	27
2021	115	652	2,744	70	66
2022	133	596	2,785	68	64
Total	421	2,105	11,293	256	206

Muck (The Small Isles) on route from Sanna Bay (Ardnamurchan)
to Canna (The Small Isles), April 2022.

Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland, August 2022.

Fingle's Cave, Staffa, Inner Hebrides, Argyll and Bute, April 2022.