Marshala went for a sail around the Irish sea from Fleetwood.
10th of June 2009
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Sail Marshala Fleetwood
17 Nov 2008
Winter draws closer.
And sailing can not be done.
Marshala is resting.
Until Fun can begun!
21 Sep 2008
Sailing from Roa Island.
Test launching a lifeboat from Roa Island. 
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8 Aug 2008
Finally, we get the chance to leave Glasson!
Weather: Overcast
We were shocked to find out the arrangement on leaving Glasson Dock, VHF radio's are not used. You simply get ready to leave the dock about 2 hours before high tide, and circle the dock ready for the gates to open.
We found out its not "first come first serve" as Tinkerbell II was first, Marshala second and then Nancy Kelly, we were all circling the dock when suddenly a Navy Frigate's engine started and the crew set off. The Lock gate operators pointed at the Navy ship (no use of radio at all), and the Navy ship entered to the lock gates.
An hour passed and the Navy ship moved to the next area of water. Tinkerbell II, Marshala and then Nancy Kelly moved into the lock gate where the Navy ship was, ready to move on, and out of the river.
Rough route to be taken to Roa Island
Navy Ship, "Exploit"
Passing a light house, when leaving Glasson
Started to get rough in the river
We finally arrived at Barrow, between Piel and Roa Island. This stop over night was to break up the journey, as 12 hour sailing in circles gets boring. A late start of about 10am the next day to get into Fleetwood for high tide at about 3pm.
Roa Island at sunset
Rough route to be taken from Roa Island to Fleetwood
Back safe in Fleetwood
Marshala made it safely back to Fleetwood, and now looks shinier than ever!
Here are some pictures of Marshala Moored at Fleetwood. Where we hope to get back to soon.
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Marshala Fleetwood
About 5-6 weeks ago we sailed Marshala from Fleetwood to Glasson to scrape the barnacles off and paint a new anti-foul coat on. We could not take her out at Fleetwood because they do not have the correct equipment to take out and hold a boat of this size.
We had heard good things about Glasson dock and finding the idea of going back to Preston through the hole in the wall a risking choice. Due to the tides at Glasson, the gates are only open for 30-45 minutes a day during sunrise and sunset. This makes it hard to get into Glasson, and a 12 hour sail was required to reach Glasson.
Once in Glasson, they were very helpful, saying that we needed a key to get in and out of the marina and what facilities are available. After a mishap with the booking of taking Marshala out of the water, she came out when we asked, even though it wasn't booked. Everything went smoothly, with a comment of "have you come from Fleetwood?" from one of the staff (looking at all the barnacles), and she was on her hard standing in no time. We got straight to work.
A few weeks passed and the boat was ready to be put back into the water. Another complication happened where anodes were ordered, but never arrived. And after cancelling being put back into the water, she still went in, without anodes. They were kind and brought us back out to just put some new anodes on.
Now we are in Glasson dock waiting for the right tide and right weather to sail back to Fleetwood. We have gone most weekends to see what the weather is like, but it's always been windy and raining.
Marshala is a Jeanneau Sunshine 36/38. She is a 1985 38 foot (11.5m) yacht, originally made in France. The original owner bought three for his daughter's, naming the yachts after them.
We got Margaret's. And Shala means:
"Shala is a Babylonian and Akkadian war goddess"
Together it makes Marshala.
Marshala could originally berth 10 people, however, a previous owner converted 2 beds into storage. She has 3 double beds, one in the front and two at the back.
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