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Surprisingly nice day given the weather the day before. set off early morning to get tides right for sound of Mull. Light breeze and beautiful starry lit water as we sailed slowly east towards Lismore. Just in case they read this, I took some lovely pictures of the Arcona we were berthed near in Salen.Continue reading “Tuesday 6 July Loch Aline to Loch Spelve 16 nm”

A very wet night! Not particularly windy but one of those Scottish days when it is just dreak! I was glad we had decided to move as it was near enough the marina to pop over in the dinghy. We’d already decided to have a day staying put and planning our next week or soContinue reading “Monday 5 July Loch Aline”

We had a bit of a lazy morning. Managed to get a Sunday paper from the little shop. We had coffee on Arwen before demonstrations from Brenda and Nigel of their various mooring tools. Very impressive! We said our goodbyes and slipped our lines around lunchtime .. it was a bit warm and sultry andContinue reading “Sunday 4 July Salen Jetty to Loch Aline 20 nm”

Weather still dry, bright but cloudy. We left Loch Drambuie and pottered up Loch sunsart under a combination of sail and motor. We had made a plan with our friends from Arwen to meet them at Salen Jetty this evening. As we didn’t have far to go we investigated some anchorages that we hadn’t beenContinue reading “Saturday 3 July 10 Loch Drumbuie to Salen Jetty 10 nm”

Perfectly calm sunny morning . Peaceful except the busy little ferry which goes to and fro every hour. It reminds me of a children’s story character…. every time it came and left causing a lot of wash making Angelique rock and roll. We let go our mooring and headed round the top of lismore toContinue reading “Thursday 2 July Port Appin to Port Ramsey 2 nm”

Another misty morning but only heat haze really which quickly cleared to give glorious sunshine. We finished off jobs… Julian finally with his laptop working again managed to download the Antares charts. These are charts compiled by Bob Bradfield which chart in detail the many tight places and anchorages in Scotland which the other chartsContinue reading “Wednesday 30 June. Oban to Port Appin via Dunstaffnage 10nm”

A day of getting stuff done. Having been away from civilisation for a while we needed to do lots of jobs and sort stuff out. Julian’s laptop had stopped working again. ☹️ , so he went off to try and get that fixed somewhere near where the gaz was to be purchased. Hence doing bothContinue reading “Tuesday 29 June. Oban”

A sultry morning in puilladobhrain ( pronounced Pulldorran) I went for another row around. As it was so still the water surface looked a bit scummy. I took the plumbline with me so I could measure some of the depths around the anchorage…. for future information when anchoring here. It was high tide and moreContinue reading “Monday 28 June Puilladobhrain to Oban north pier pontoons 7 nm”

A very peaceful night and no wind in the morning. I went for a row in the Dinghy around the bay. A lorra lorra weed here too but otherwise sandy bottom. Little tiny fish all silvery darted about amongst the weed. I rowed over the very shallow bit between the little islands and there wereContinue reading “Sunday 27 June Gallanach bay (Crinan) to puilladobhrain 15 nm”

Eventually a peaceful night! The wind died around dusk and we decided to not stay up! Wanting to leave the anchor alarm on but for some reason the LED anchor light which we plug into the same 12 v socket as the plotter, would not work on an alternative socket! Annoying! No matter. All wasContinue reading “Saturday 26 June Craighouse to Gallanach bay , Crinan 27 nm”