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Going round 2015 - reviewed

© 2015 C. Dingenotto / M. Goldhausen

Going round 2015 – Facts

– Ca. 1560km

– 54 days on tour(4th Mai – 25. th June 2015)

– 44 days at sea

– 10 days on shore • 7 days weather-

bound

• 1 day real deliberate break

• 2 days extra (because we were too early)


Christian Dingenotto (age 48 , living in Oldenburg), born in Eastern Westfalia

Mirco Goldhausen (age 35 , living in Wales), born in Westerwald

Paddlers (some of the first Germans circumnavigating Ireland)


Conditions

• From May until middle of June: very cold and windy for this time of the year

• About one and a half days tailwind per coast, otherwise headwind or mist

• Winds generally 4-6 Bft • Swells 1,2 to 4.20 m (13s W and 4-5 Bft WSW)

– Daily Distances 15 km (on days of 6 Bft+) to 60 km

• Strongest Winds: 7-8 in gusts 9 bft (weatherbound)

• Open crossings up to 20 km • Visibility sometimes less than 100 m (Crossing

from Valentia Island to Great Blasket, Dingle) • „challenging“ days

– 60 km from Ballyheigue (Kerry) to Kilkee: about 14 hours on the water, no landing due to strong swells

– 18 Km from Kilmore Quay to Baginbun Head (Carnivan Bay / Fethard)

– 15 km from Ross Port via Kid Island to Port Urchin (4,20 swells, Wind 4-5 Bft, already mentioned)


Daily life – Boats (fully laden 60 - 70 kg):

• Seakayaks (L 5,20 m) Nigel Dennis Explorer

• Standard Camping Gear • Provisions 3-5 Dasy

(incl. water)

– Daily Business (Time due to Tides) • Getting up 5 - 6 o´clock • Breakfast, loading boats ,

etc. • From 8:00 Paddling • 5 min. Break every hour

(Bar-Break/ RiZ- Riegelzeit) • By 13.00 Lunch

( 30 min., due to tide an d weather)

• By 18.00 landing, campsite-“quest“

• By 19.00 tents pitched, later cooking, eating, gear-care + planning following day

• by 10.00 „Nighty-night“


Going round… means …

• Sea round Ireland one of the challing areas for paddling

– Tidal difference up to 6 m,

– Irish Sea (between Ireland and Great Britain) with strong currents 3-7 kn

– South and Westcoast exposed to Atlantic swells

– Winds often more than 4 Bft.

– May is known to be (till 2015) the month with the best weather

• Circumnavigation by seakayak

– Done by less than 300 people world wide(mainly professionals)

– 3 to 10 people per year (increasing number)

– Time needed: 22 days (new record from 2015) to three month

• Very much due to weather conditions

• Solo paddlers generally need more time (for safety reasons)

– „History“ http://www.seakayakaroundireland.com/-round-ireland-history2.html (new record by Mick o´Meara 22 days, June 2015)

– Other Circumnavigations in 2015 (selection) http://www.seakayakaroundireland.com/ (Sean Cahill, Jon Hynes) http://www.slinamhara.com/galenes-blog (Susan Honan, Sonia Ewen)

• http://www.performanceseakayak.co.uk/Pages/Records/ROICirc/recordsROICirc.html


http://www.seakayakaroundireland.com/-round-ireland-history2.html







http://www.seakayakaroundireland.com/

http://www.slinamhara.com/galenes-blog



http://www.performanceseakayak.co.uk/Pages/Records/ROICirc/recordsROICirc.html

http://www.performanceseakayak.co.uk/Pages/Records/ROICirc/recordsROICirc.html

From ISKA-Magazine: http://issuu.com/treasnanadtonnta/docs/tnadt57

http://issuu.com/treasnanadtonnta/docs/tnadt57







„Preface“

• Training (fitness),

• Skills (paddling),

• Mindset (dealing mentally with conditions).


On Tour

• Live

• Plan

• Paddle

• Eat


Breakfast


Bar-Break: RiZ - Riegelzeit


Lunch


„Goodies“


People


Moods …


Ups

• Seamanship

• Mental Skills


Bruises

• Porridge Pot Disaster

• First Navigation of Muingtreana Creek


„First Navigation“ …


„Fame“


Lesson Learned … Every Cloud has a Silver Lining


Extra: Gear unpacked

• Food-Box Insights

• Gear-Shed

• Good Gear – sad Gear


Care-Kit & „Ouch-pouch“


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