Welcome to Kippa Travels, a site where you can find out about going round Britain in a yacht.  If you have done the same trip or dream to circumnavigate Britain, then please get in touch.

Circumnavigating Britain

You can discover the ups and downs of circumnavigating Britain in the book Skippering Kippa, a virgin voyage around Britain.  Your guide is Rupert Hugh Emerson, who gives talks about his adventures in aid of charity; see Talks. 

Skippering Kippa is out now! 

      

To order your copy please email rupertemerson@hotmail.com. Also visit the page The Book.

Skippering Kippa includes 21 colour photographs and is based on the log Rupert Hugh Emerson kept of his visit to 120 harbours and anchorages around the coast. There were many mishaps along the way including being towed in by a lifeboat and nearly being wrecked, twice, but there were highlights too, especially making camp in the Scottish Hebrides. While the book will appeal to seafarers it will also appeal to landlubbers because there is little "sailing jargon" although the sense of life aboard is very strong.

RYA Sailing Instructor

Rupert is a qualified RYA dinghy and yacht instructor.   Find out about the book and use this site as a reference site if you are a sailing school looking for an RYA Cruising Instructor (see RYA Cruising Instructor).

RYA Sailing Courses

Rupert is Principal of ABC Sailing where you can obtain VHF Marine Radio, Basic Safety and Navigation, RYA Day Skipper, Yachtmaster® Coastal and Yachtmaster Offshore RYA Theory Courses covering navigation, pilotage, safety at sea, weather and passage planning.  

The next yachting courses are planned for 2010 to cater for students in Wincanton and Yeovil in Somerset and Dorchester, Sherborne, Shaftesbury and Blandford Forum in Dorset For more information visit ABC Sailing. 

Kippa near Golden Cap on the Jurassic Coast of Dorset.