All,

This year I am planning to sail around Britain with my sailing vessel ‘Legato’, a 42ft Southerly, and I am looking for crew to join me during short or longer parts of the journey.

The trip is expected to start in the second half of May and will take approximately 3 months. We will sail counterclockwise around the British Isles and the main destinations are England’s east coast, the Caledonian canal, the isles on the Scottish west coast, the Irish east coast or England’s west coast, around Land’s End and following the English south coast back through the Channel to the Netherlands.

Optional destinations and depending on weather conditions are the Orkney Isles and the Scilly Isles.

The trip will consist of about 50% sailing and 50% resting/ visiting/ sightseeing, again very much depending on the weather conditions. A preliminary schedule can be found below and is aimed at making day sails as much as possible.

Since the weather is the dominant factor for the trip planning and progress, the exact location for each week (number) can’t be predefined. This means that start and finish locations of the various legs will be flexible. Since sailing conditions can be challenging at times, I am looking preferably for ‘crew’ with some sailing experience and less for ‘passengers’. There will likely be opportunities in April and May 2025 to join me on some practice rounds on Legato in the Netherlands (IJsselmeer/ Waddenzee).

Please reach out to me if you are interested, so we can schedule a nice sailing voyage!

with a sailor’s salute,

Jaap Burghoorn

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This is the draft route, taking ~90 days, excluding Orkney and Scilly Isles

	Preliminary Trip Schedule
#	Location	nm	Time (5 knots) hrs	Days Sailing	Days Rest	Total Days	Wk#	Comment
1	Hindeloopen	26	6	1		1	21
2	Den Helder	210	42	2		3	21
3	Whitby	24	6	1	1	5	21
4	Hartlepool	29	6	1	1	7	22
5	Blyth	17	4	1		8	22
6	Amble	24	5	1	1	10	22
7	Holy Island	20	4	1	1	12	22
8	Eyemouth	44	9	1	1	14	23
9	Arbroath	64	13	1		15	23
10	Peterhead	17	4	1	1	17	23
11	Whitehills	36	8	1	1	19	23
12	Lossiemouth	37	8	1		20	23
13	Inverness Marina	53	168	4	3	27	24	Caledonian Canal
14	Fort William					27	24
15	West Scottish Isles	-	336	7	7	41	26
16	Ballycastle	43	9	1	1	43	27
17	Bangor	45	9	1	1	45	27
18	Peel (Isle of Man)	71	14	2	2	49	28
19	Howth	39	8	1	2	52	28
20	Arklow	80	16	2	1	55	28
21	Dale Bay	70	14	2	1	58	29
22	Padstow	32	7	1	1	60	29
23	St Ives	30	6	1		61	29
24	Newlyn	32	7	1		62	29
25	Falmouth	22	5	1	2	65	30
26	Fowey	37	8	1	1	67	30
27	Salcombe	17	4	1	1	69	30
28	Dartmouth	53	11	1	1	71	31
29	Portland	41	9	1	1	73	31
30	Lymington	12	3	1	1	75	31
31	Beaulieu River	21	5	1	1	77	32	Or Newton Creek, or Cowes
32	Southsea	40	8	1	1	79	32
33	Brighton	21	4	1	1	81	32
34	Eastborne	50	10	1	1	83	32
35	Boulogne sur Mer	220	192	5	3	91	34	Or other french/belgian port
36	Hindeloopen
	Total	1577	968	51	40	91