Crossings: Isle of Man / Northern Ireland

Situated in the centre of the Irish Sea the Isle of Man is a perfect draw for many a sea kayaker. It's positioning means it can often be seen from many places on the surrounding mainland on a clear day. It also means that the tidal flows from both north and south meet around the island, requiring some good planning to make the trip. The island also provides fantastic coastline, demanding tide races and plenty of wildlife, including Basking Sharks.
In recent times this has become an increasingly popular crossing as paddlers use this route as a crossing to Northern Ireland as part of their UK Circumnavigation route.

Isle of Man - Northern Ireland

Route Distance: ~29 nm / 54 km
Prevailing direction: --

Solo

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Posn.	K1W	Cat	Paddler	Elapsed	Date	Start	Finish	Boat	Verified	Note	Link1
1		K1M	George Shaw	06:35:00	03-Jun-13	Peel	Kearney Point	SKUK Explorer	--
2		K1M	John Willacy	07:26:00	15-Apr-12	Niarbyl	Kearney	Rockpool Taran	Yes		Blog
3		K1M	George Shaw	07:53:00	04-Jun-13	Kearney Point	Peel	SKUK Explorer	--
4		K1M	Paddy O'Donovan	08:10:00	01-Jun-10	Ardglass	Peel	Sipre Tintorera	--
5	(1)	K1W	Catriona Woods	08:55:00	20-Jun-2013	Knockinelder Bay	Peel	Valley Nordkapp LV	--
6		K1M	Sean Morley	~09:30:00	02-May-04	Peel	Ardglass	Kirton C-Trek	--		Link1
7		K1M	Joe Leach	?	15-May-2012	Port St Mary	Ardglass	Rockpool Taran	--		Blog

7 solo paddlers.
CW = clockwise, CCW = counter-clockwise

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Teams

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Posn.	Cat	Paddler	Elapsed	Date	Start	Finish	Boat	Verified	Note	Link1
1	Team	Natalie Maderova Michal Madera	11:00:00	May-2012	Port Erin	Ballyquintin Point	Tiderace Xplore Tiderace Xplore	--		Link1
2	Team	Claire Hughes Conor Murray	11:30:00	22-May-2010	Kearney	Peel	Valley Nordkapp SKUK Explorer	--
3	Team	Claire Hughes Conor Murray	14:25:00	23-May-2010	Peel	Kearney	Valley Nordkapp SKUK Explorer	--
4	Team	Phil Clegg Barry Shaw Harry Whelan	?	2005	?	?	SKUK Explorer SKUK Explorer	--

9 team paddlers in 4 teams

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Comments

Claire Hughes / Conor Murray et al. (23-May-2010)
Claire and Conor paddled the return journey to Kearney the following day. The return took 14:25

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Joe Leach : (15-May-2012)
Day 16 of GB Circumnavigation trip.

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Natalie Maderova / Michal Madera et al. (May-2012)
Paddled as part of their GB Circumnavigation trip.

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Sean Morley : (02-May-04)
Sean made this crossing as part of his solo circumnavigation of the GB and Ireland.

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John Willacy : (15-Apr-12)
Day 3 of GB Circumnavigation trip

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Catriona Woods : (20-Jun-2013)
From Catriona:"I found the trip really great, loved all of it. Didn't feel tired or bored at any point. Today, having had loads of time to think about it, I don't feel a massive sense of acheivement. The conditions were beautiful apart from the middle couple of hours with decent chop. The distance and time seemed be in my stride and didn't take too much out of me at all. However the balls of my feet were telling me to get a fixed solid plate fitted - whoever designed them wee foot pegs in my Nordkapp wasn't paddling long distances! So what did I learn? I have good stamina and I never loose an argument in my own company. Also, I must do a course for open crossing navigation and be able to apply educated knowledge for the impact wind has on course and resulting route and how to correct for same. I also learnt having boat fitted out is essential - I still have not quite figured out where I should have everything. I ended up with a camera, phone and another plastic case on strings around my neck - not easy to sort when wanting one of them!"

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Isle of Man - Northern Ireland
11 completions -- 7 solo + 4 team + 0 escorted
16 paddlers in total (7 solo / 9 team / 0 escorted

Route Distance: ~29 nm / 54 km
Prevailing direction: --
Recorded Start Points:

• ?? (1)
• Ardglass (1)
• Kearney (1)
• Kearney Point (1)
• Knockinelder Bay (1)
• Niarbyl (1)
• Peel (3)
• Port Erin (1)
• Port St Mary (1)




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