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A pretty uncomfortable night. The tide and wind combined to cause a disturbing swell and a lot of slapping against the hull up to about 0300☹️ J got up to make sure all okay. Eventually it all settled down and we got some sleep. Bacon and egg bap for breakfast whilst watching the seal families.Continue reading “Wednesday 23 June Ardmore islands to Lowlandmans bay Jura 15 nm”

Happy birthday Alice!!! It’s been a long day . Longer for Julian who stayed up to keep anchoR watch right through the night. I can’t post his pictures of the dawn as we have no signal but it was beautiful in a wild sort of way! I got some hours sleep and got up aboutContinue reading “Friday 25June Craighouse .”

This may seem a very short journey but our reason was to get supplies from Craighouse and top up water etc. Also there’s forecast a 30 kt +blow from the north west and before that rain and poor visibility. Not a great forecast for going a long way, even though our temptation was to getContinue reading “Thursday 24 June. Lowlandmans bay to Craighouse on Jura 5nm”

I woke about 0530 and all was peaceful. I could tell the sun was up so quietly clambered out of bed just to view the scene. I stood on deck and took night perfect morning. The sun was indeed up casting a golden glow on the world and the water was completely calm with uninterruptedContinue reading “Tuesday 22 June West Loch Tarbert to The Ardmore islands Islay 32 nm”

The longest day of the year ! For us a day of many things. As the wind had got up overnight it was a bit disturbed. J had got up to quieten the dinghy. this bay has a habit of looking beautiful and benign but once out from the land the wind whips across ferociously.Continue reading “Monday 21 June Gigha to west Loch Tarbert 16 nm”

What a peaceful night. Waking to quietness apart from sound of seabirds. We had been expecting the anchorage to be “ subject to swell” but we certainly didn’t notice any. we were up st 0630 to catch the tide which started in the right direction st about 0730. We put the main up but thereContinue reading “Sunday 20 June Sanda to Ardminish on Gigha 28 nm”

Today was thankfully good weather for going round the Mull… or at least the first leg. Favourable conditions meant we could stop overnight at Sanda, the only stopover recommended on the way. Before leaving we needed to fill up with fuel . Unfortunately In my enthusiasm ( panic) to tie up the lines on theContinue reading “Saturday 19 June Troon to Sanda island 50 nm”

Today was a “doing jobs “ day, getting ready for setting off for the western isles tomorrow. Filling up the water tanks, doing laundry, giving the car a good run as it’ll be sat now for a while…. etc. I went to Morrison’s and topped up our stores whilst J did boat jobs. The weatherContinue reading “Friday 18 June Troon”

Woke to blue sky and a bright shiny thing in the sky! Very welcome after all the gloom we’ve been having up here. As we had a long way home we set off early about 8 ish after a cup of tea. Julian cooked bacon and egg baps on the way as we sailed gentlyContinue reading “Thursday 17 June . Holy Loch to Troon 47 nm”

It rained all night. There was an annoying drip onto the deck above which kept us or at least me awake . In the morning it had at least stopped but everything is damp yet again. Largs is a big marina and has lots of facilities but big often means a long way to everythingContinue reading “Wednesday 16 June. Largs to Holy Loch 18 nm”