Falanda Sailing

 A little insight to what 2022 has brought for me and the lovely Falanda… The year was started with a talk at Lympstone sailing club, which I felt went 100% better than the one I gave at the Southampton boatshow in September. I quickly got ‘in the flow’ and it seemed that words just ‘came’.  This came as a real surprise to me, as I’d never thought I could actually enjoy standing up in front of a whole room full of people, talking solidly for almost an hour, however I enjoyed the whole experience and despite mis-naming the Isle of Man, I feel all went quite smoothly. (Maybe they were just a reaaaallyy nice audience..?) My next talk was at Exe Sailing Club, in Exmouth which was slightly more nerve wracking, especially with the extra worry of a microphone. All was going well until they handed me the mic, which completely threw me, so I was perhaps concentrating a little too hard at first on just trying to be heard, and get my words across. Before long,  however I once again got ‘in the fl

 Anddd another article..!  This is the complete up to date article about my trip around Britain this summer, written only a month or two ago from the comfort of a house! You can read the full thing online, or the actual printed article will be coming out in the Practical Boat Owner magazine soon! I have tried my best to show the inns and the outs of a trip like this, when time is a major restriction, and money is very little. I hope that it also shows the differnce in views between young and old, father and daughter, during the same passages, and on very similar boats. Whereas everything was new and exciting for me, my dad (who only followed me around Britain to cover my insurance terms) found living in a wet sleeping bag for almost 8 weeks was not quite so exciting! Many thanks to everyone who helped me out with kit, charts, advice, berthing, canal fees, and of course a massive thank you to my dad! https://www.pbo.co.uk/all-latest-posts/katie-mccabe-how-i-sailed-solo-around-britain-a