A beautiful setting to wake up to. The sound of hundreds of sea birds on the islands surrounding Wreck bay. Sadly still gloomy weather but that didn’t stop Will going for a swim off the boat after breakfast. 🥶 Apparently pretty cold, ( no surprise there) so one circumnavigation of Angelique was enough! Fortunately he didn’t encounter any jellyfish which seem particularly prolific in these waters.
We set off 11 ish in order to get through the narrows into the East Kyle, with the tide slackish. Sailing was gentle whilst in the protection of the Kyle and it was fascinating seeing all the amazing properties along the shore. We didn’t have any particular pressure of time as we had reserved a berth for the night at Port Bannatyne only a few miles away. We DID see the solar eclipse…. actually completely by accident. Looking up at the top of the mast as you do… suddenly there it was through some hazy thin cloud!
Emerging from the protection of the Kyle into the the mouth of the estuary, the wind got up and we thought we’d just have a sail around… looking at Rothesay from the sea and all the fabulous Victorian properties on the front. We noticed a blue hulled yacht taking its sails down in the middle of the bay, but it didn’t appear to be moving and once near enough just wondered if they needed help. Sure enough those on board were doing the universally accepted “ both arms waving in an X” meaning I need help. It seemed they had a problem with their engine. It was pretty choppy but we put loads of fenders out and managed to get lines to them so we could raft up. So our boats were side by side. A tricky game manoeuvre! It turned out they were a crew doing RYA training so it was a good experience for all of us if you look at it that way! All went well and we managed on the second attempt to get them near enough to be able to pick a buoy just off port bannatyne where they could await help from scotsailtraining. We eventually got ourselves into the lovely little marina and had showers … lovely 😊. A and W went crabbing off the pontoon whilst I went for a walk, before cooking supper of veggie pasta.
What I learned today… at least how to help raft up whilst bobbing about on a choppy sea! Many thanks for the wine… it was delicious .
Sue x
Angelique 
Thank you very much to the Skipper, the First Mate Lady and the Crew of Angelique for helping us in trouble and towing us to the mooring on Thursday the 10th of June. Very calm and professional skipper, first mate and fantastic efficient crew. Very much appreciated. May Poseidon send you fair winds and calm seas. Kind regards Rafal Daniel Jarosz The Skipper of Bolero IV.
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Thank you very much to the Skipper, the First Mate Lady and the Crew of Angelique for helping us in trouble and towing us to the mooring on Thursday the 10th of June. Very calm and professional skipper, first mate and fantastic efficient crew. Very much appreciated. May Poseidon send you fair winds and calm seas. Kind regards
Rafal Daniel Jarosz
The Skipper of Bolero IV.
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My name is Stephen Kerr owner of Bolero 4 and principal of Scotsail Training based at Largs. Very much appreciated your assistance given her a tow onto a mooring. We sailed her back that evening into her Largs pontoon. The propeller is indeed missing and we have a new part on order.
Again thanks for helping out.
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You’re very welcome! We’re popping over to Largs tomorrow so we may see you there!
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