Ian - skipper: SV Trilleen
@sailingtrilleen.bsky.social
Spinal injured, Solo sailor, Passionate about improving access to the water, disability rights abd sport on equal terms for disabled people. No ai slop here
Trilleen has completed her Round Britain and Ireland sail. I’m honoured to be featured in Practical Boat Owner www.pbo.co.uk/news/ian-wyl...
Ian Wyllie completes round-Britain and Ireland circumnavigation in project boat - Practical Boat Owner
Ian Wyllie has completed a solo circumnavigation of the UK and Ireland in the Vancouver 27, Trilleen, he restored in parallel to his own rehabilitation.
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July 31, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Trilleen has completed her Round Britain and Ireland sail. I’m honoured to be featured in Practical Boat Owner www.pbo.co.uk/news/ian-wyl...
Is it likely that #paleolithic #clactonian deposits such as found in the channel fills in Clacton and at Jaywick Sands extend significant distances into the nearshore of the estuary? curious sailor here.
July 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Is it likely that #paleolithic #clactonian deposits such as found in the channel fills in Clacton and at Jaywick Sands extend significant distances into the nearshore of the estuary? curious sailor here.
The covered doggerland, across which we sail #sailing #sailboat #disability #ocean #archeology #doggerland
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The covered doggerland, across which we sail #sailing #sailboat #disability #ocean
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July 7, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The covered doggerland, across which we sail #sailing #sailboat #disability #ocean #archeology #doggerland
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In this place where map meets chart, Trilleen is surging into the auburn dusk.
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Though the auburn dusk on silty seas where map meets chart #sailing #disability
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July 5, 2025 at 5:44 AM
In this place where map meets chart, Trilleen is surging into the auburn dusk.
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The sea has many many moods - today the water gently kissed the hull, hissing slightly as air and water blended in a quiet foam, rushing past Trilleen’s hull and swiftly settling astern, covering our path as if we had never been.
July 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The sea has many many moods - today the water gently kissed the hull, hissing slightly as air and water blended in a quiet foam, rushing past Trilleen’s hull and swiftly settling astern, covering our path as if we had never been.
very sad and disturbed that the Health Services Safety Investigation Body is being scrapped. #HumanFactors bodies are a positive contributor to safety and desperately needed in the #NHS @hssib.bsky.social
June 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
very sad and disturbed that the Health Services Safety Investigation Body is being scrapped. #HumanFactors bodies are a positive contributor to safety and desperately needed in the #NHS @hssib.bsky.social
Catch up with Trilleen and my solo journey round Shetland. Disability sailing at its very best: Round Muckle Flugga - Britain's Cape Horn, and into Shetland two years late
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Round Muckle Flugga - Britain's Cape Horn, and into Shetland two years late
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June 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Catch up with Trilleen and my solo journey round Shetland. Disability sailing at its very best: Round Muckle Flugga - Britain's Cape Horn, and into Shetland two years late
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this classic shetland boat form looks almost like a toy with its symmetrical bow and stern section and central mast. The ?yoal hull owes its origin to norse design and is specially suited to riding these harsh northern waters. #shetland #visitshetland #unst #baltasound
May 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
this classic shetland boat form looks almost like a toy with its symmetrical bow and stern section and central mast. The ?yoal hull owes its origin to norse design and is specially suited to riding these harsh northern waters. #shetland #visitshetland #unst #baltasound
this is Muckle Flugga, the top mark of my circumnavigation of the United Kingdom. One broken mast, one failed engine and a whole lot of trouble later its great to be ticking off major headlands in the trip again
May 25, 2025 at 7:18 AM
this is Muckle Flugga, the top mark of my circumnavigation of the United Kingdom. One broken mast, one failed engine and a whole lot of trouble later its great to be ticking off major headlands in the trip again
On Westray island in the north group in Orkney, buildings remain which are roofed vast stone slab - pointing to the islanders expertise with this unusual building material - from the self supported cantilever of the Maeshowe to the proposed roofing of Skara Brae #archeology #orkney #visitorkney
May 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM
On Westray island in the north group in Orkney, buildings remain which are roofed vast stone slab - pointing to the islanders expertise with this unusual building material - from the self supported cantilever of the Maeshowe to the proposed roofing of Skara Brae #archeology #orkney #visitorkney
Noup Head, the westernmost outcropping of Westray in the north group in the Orkney Isles. Noup Hd is a horizontally stratified sandstone cliff rising sheer out of a calm blue sea, topped by Noup Head light which was the first to use a mercury bearing for the light #landscape #orkney #westray
May 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Noup Head, the westernmost outcropping of Westray in the north group in the Orkney Isles. Noup Hd is a horizontally stratified sandstone cliff rising sheer out of a calm blue sea, topped by Noup Head light which was the first to use a mercury bearing for the light #landscape #orkney #westray
The spectacular if diminutive neolithic figurine known as the Westray Wifey discovered at the links of Noltland, Orkney. The earliest neolithic figurine in Scotland 3800 BC-2500 BC. Perhaps female, perhaps not. #archeology #westray #orkney #neolithic #figurine
May 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The spectacular if diminutive neolithic figurine known as the Westray Wifey discovered at the links of Noltland, Orkney. The earliest neolithic figurine in Scotland 3800 BC-2500 BC. Perhaps female, perhaps not. #archeology #westray #orkney #neolithic #figurine
This morning exiting Hoy Sound on orkney Scotland
May 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
This morning exiting Hoy Sound on orkney Scotland
Sailing Trilleen is anchored in the Bay of Houton in orkney
May 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Sailing Trilleen is anchored in the Bay of Houton in orkney
Reposted by Ian - skipper: SV Trilleen
A curse on anyone who voted the UK out of the Union and anyone who keeps us out. You betrayed the peace the western allies fought and died for.
Eighty years ago, enemies laid down their arms.
Since then, we, Europeans, have built something extraordinary: a Union of peace, democracy, and solidarity. An anchor of stability.
Our Union was born as a peace project, and it remains one today.
Since then, we, Europeans, have built something extraordinary: a Union of peace, democracy, and solidarity. An anchor of stability.
Our Union was born as a peace project, and it remains one today.
May 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
A curse on anyone who voted the UK out of the Union and anyone who keeps us out. You betrayed the peace the western allies fought and died for.
leak fixing on the rebuilt engine seems to be going ok. With the help of some loctite 542 the injection pump bolt is no longer weeeeeing oil. 542 is an anaerobic thread sealant with a breakout of only 15nm - which means it shouldn’t ever be a problem to remove.
May 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
leak fixing on the rebuilt engine seems to be going ok. With the help of some loctite 542 the injection pump bolt is no longer weeeeeing oil. 542 is an anaerobic thread sealant with a breakout of only 15nm - which means it shouldn’t ever be a problem to remove.
my auto bilge pump stopped pumping. The cause is pretty obvious. Probably something heavy got dropped when repositioning the engine for the last time. Very happy though, in this remote island community of Stromness a chandler had the exact same model in stock.
May 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
my auto bilge pump stopped pumping. The cause is pretty obvious. Probably something heavy got dropped when repositioning the engine for the last time. Very happy though, in this remote island community of Stromness a chandler had the exact same model in stock.
Trilleen is on the move - finally. now alongside Kinlochbervie after a super hazy sail across the minch
April 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Trilleen is on the move - finally. now alongside Kinlochbervie after a super hazy sail across the minch
In the UK there is no such thing as being Registered Disabled. Some local auth have voluntary local schemes. Also, there is no evidence that there is a crisis of overdiagnosis - contra there is evidence that environmental and health service issues are increasing ill health #farrage
April 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
In the UK there is no such thing as being Registered Disabled. Some local auth have voluntary local schemes. Also, there is no evidence that there is a crisis of overdiagnosis - contra there is evidence that environmental and health service issues are increasing ill health #farrage
This is super not good. I support population level science and disease registries are an important part of that. Selectively building a registry for a disfavoured- even demonised condition in a admin as ‘unusual’ as Trump2 is extremely concerning #actuallyAutistic www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
RFK Jr.'s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans
The autism study is planning to link confidential data "with broad coverage in the U.S. population" in one place for the first time.
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April 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This is super not good. I support population level science and disease registries are an important part of that. Selectively building a registry for a disfavoured- even demonised condition in a admin as ‘unusual’ as Trump2 is extremely concerning #actuallyAutistic www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
This is a classic example of a contradiction between colour coding and text. Here we have a Sauvignon Blanc - a white wine coded with red stripe and highlights. And yes I got caught out. Why I’m buying wine in cans? I’m stocking up on cooking wine for a sailboat and cans don’t break. #humanFactors
April 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is a classic example of a contradiction between colour coding and text. Here we have a Sauvignon Blanc - a white wine coded with red stripe and highlights. And yes I got caught out. Why I’m buying wine in cans? I’m stocking up on cooking wine for a sailboat and cans don’t break. #humanFactors
a wholly unimpressive piece of motor trial footage. But very sweet for me as it’s the first time Trilleen has been under her own power since last summer
April 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
a wholly unimpressive piece of motor trial footage. But very sweet for me as it’s the first time Trilleen has been under her own power since last summer
first really good meal on the Origo alcohol stove. No idea why the stopped making these - loving it so far and so much easier for me than dragging gas bottles around
April 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
first really good meal on the Origo alcohol stove. No idea why the stopped making these - loving it so far and so much easier for me than dragging gas bottles around
new stove: arrived. Sailing while disabled is tricky, and sourcing, then carrying, gas. cylinders using my wheelchair or public transport was killing the vibe :-; so I shifted to an ancient technology an origo atmospheric pressure alcohol stove
April 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
new stove: arrived. Sailing while disabled is tricky, and sourcing, then carrying, gas. cylinders using my wheelchair or public transport was killing the vibe :-; so I shifted to an ancient technology an origo atmospheric pressure alcohol stove