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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)
© 2015 C. Dingenotto / M. Goldhausen
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)
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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)
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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“
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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
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From ISKA-Magazine: http://issuu.com/treasnanadtonnta/docs/tnadt57
„Preface“
• Training (fitness),
• Skills (paddling),
• Mindset (dealing mentally with conditions).
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Bruises
• Porridge Pot Disaster
• First Navigation of Muingtreana Creek
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Thank you… to all people who were
with us on shore or in their minds © 2015 C. Dingenotto / M. Goldhausen
Extra: Gear unpacked
• Food-Box Insights
• Gear-Shed
• Good Gear – sad Gear
© 2015 C. Dingenotto / M. Goldhausen