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After a beautifully peaceful night we got up at 0630 to catch the tides up through the narrows at the top of the sound of Jura. The sunshine warmed the otherwise freezing morning air. There may be a reason most people don’t start sailing this early in Scotland! We motored Across the whirlpools and tidalContinue reading “Sunday 24 April. Gallanach bay to Puilladobhrain anchorage. 20 nm”

A wonderful day! A hugely appreciated excellent nights sleep, waking up to cloudless blue sky and bright sunshine. A chilly wind still blows but it feels good and unthreatening. We set sail after de-weeding the anchor at about 1030 after a bit of a lie in 😬 and some breakfast. The wind is still NEContinue reading “Saturday 23 April Craighouse to Gallanach bay, Crinan 30 nm”

9 o’clock on the dot , west coast marine pitched up as promised to serviced the engine . Our plan to set off as soon as it’s done. The sun is shining and there’s a bit of a breeze getting up. My butterflies are starting as always , before setting of on a big trip…Continue reading “Thursday April 21 Troon to Sanda island 35 nm”

A pretty awful night… the wind was howling, the boat was crashing around grinding the anchor making sleep pretty impossible. And then knowing you’ve got to get up before dawn to catch the tide in 20 plus knots of wind leaves me wondering why??? Any we did do it and the dawn was stunning. TheContinue reading “Friday April 22 Sanda island to Craig house via Gigha 40 nm.”

Testing the blog site prior to setting off on our big adventure! it’s been beautiful weather the last two days so it’s a bit frustrating to be sat here! We have to wait for the engine to be serviced and fitting of the on deck radio. Have been getting a few jobs done though! YesterdayContinue reading “Wednesday 20 April. Troon marina.”

We let go our mooring about 0815 . Skies still pretty black. It’s very rare to see the top of Goat fell on Arran ….. and we still couldn’t. We returned to Troon via Brodick where we picked up a mooring just for a coffee break. Last year we had a particularly unpleasant stay inContinue reading “Saturday 31 July. Millport to Troon via Brodick 30 nm”

Feeling like we’re nearly home now. Today was a scenic tour of the Kyles of Bute after a breakfast stop in Tarbert. Tarbert is on the opposite shore of Loch Fyne to Portavadie and is opposite in lots of other ways too! We motored across the Loch under rather gloomy skies. I used to thinkContinue reading “Friday 30 July Portavadie to Millport via Tarbert and Kyles of Bute 40 nm”

We had decided to go to Portavadie in Loch fyne for our overnight stop. We had never been before and were curious. It’s a new (few years old) marina and built inside an old quarry on the east side of Loch fyne. We had thought of getting the little ferry over to Tarbert for theContinue reading “Thursday 29 July. Carradale bay via Lochranza to Portavadie. 26 nm”

My third rounding of the Mull! We set of around 0830. The wind was variable strength but nothing scary. The direction enabled us to have the chute up a bit , which always occupies a large amount of time sorting it out, getting it up and then a few minutes later taking it down becauseContinue reading “Wednesday 28 July. Gigha round Mull of Kintyre to Carradale bay 46 no”

We had showers and paid our dues in the harbour office. A typical Scottish house on the front. Lots of info in there about local stuff, bus timetables etc. Next time here I’d like to do a round Islay bus trip. We set off heading for Gigha and got there late afternoon. A lot ofContinue reading “Thursday 27 July. Port Ellen to Ardminish bay Gigha …20 nm”