Summary: Rhu to East Loch Tarbert. 39.8 miles in 7 hours. Andy Leake, John Rennie and I arrived at Rhu Sunday evening and then set off first thing this morning from Rhu – for the last time. The day started a little windless and we found ourselves motoring for the …
In August we had signed up for the RYA Scotland Malin Waters Cruise. I headed up to the boat with Derek and Adie as crew on Thursday August 8th. We arrived at Rhu mid-afternoon, filled up with fuel and stocked the boat up. On Friday, we headed off mid-morning (after …
Summary: Largs to Rhu. 23.6 miles in 4 hours and 10 minutes. A varied passage – winds between Force 0 and 6 and the weather everything from cloudy to full sun. To split the journey back from Lamlash, we headed back to Rhu via Largs, so this morning we set …
Summary: Lamlash to Largs.18.7 miles in 3 hours and 5 minutes. A quiet and sunny motor back to Largs Yacht Haven. A completely uneventful passage! Though there were occasional hints of wind, they remained just that and gave up the ghost without amounting to much. So, we motored all the …
Summary: Rhu to Lamlash. 35.7 miles in 5 hours and 55 minutes. Basically calm all the way, but we managed just over an hour’s sailing. We headed across from Rhu between Bute and Great and Little Cumbrae Islands and then across to Lamlash Bay on Arran. It was a quiet …
Summary: Port Bannatyne back to Rhu. 17.1 miles in 2 hours 50 minutes. Motored all the way – next to no wind at all. We headed back to Rhu this morning in more or less a flat calm – a complete contrast to the last few days. Not an exciting …
Summary: Tarbert to Port Bannatyne. 23.5 miles in 4 hours 25 minutes. Managed to sail most of the way with a short motor up the West Kyle. The weather decided to ease after a couple of days of blowing hard, so we left Tarbert about 07.25 and headed down round …
Summary: Loch Ranza across to East Loch Tarbert. 12.9 miles in 2 hours and 5 minutes. A short hop from Arran across to Tarbert on Loch Fyne. After a peaceful night (generally) in Loch Ranza, we headed off at 08.10 across to Tarbert. We started with a pleasant sailing breeze …
Summary: Port Bannatyne to Loch Ranza (Arran). 23.2 miles in 4 hours. Through the Kyles of Bute and the Burnt Islands and across to Arran. We left around 8.40am heading through the East Kyle to the Burnt Islands and then down the West Kyle past Tighnabruich and Kames and across …
Summary: Lochgoilhead to Port Bannatyne. 28.1 miles in 4 hours and 45 minutes. Motored for the first few hours but then a nice breeze (though right on the nose) meant we could sail the last stretch. We left Lochgoilhead early morning and headed down Loch Goil, Loch Long and past …