Summary: Oban to Loch Feochan. 6.5 miles in 1 hour and 25 minutes. The last trip of the season today. A short run from Kerrera to Ardoran Marine in Loch Feochan where the boat will over-winter. We had to wait until around 10.45 am to leave as we had been …
Summary: From Kerrera to Kerrera. 14.2 miles in 3 hours 30 minutes. We set off this morning with no particular destination in mind, but with the possibility of heading to Loch Aline for the night or perhaps Tobermory if the weather held. We had a great sail across to Mull …
Summary: Crinan Basin to Oban marina on Kerrera. 25.3 miles in 4 hours and 5 minutes. Heading out of the Crinan Canal, our next stop today was Oban. Heading north from Crinan, the most important consideration is timing. After a full season on the Clyde of scarcely worrying about tides, …
Summary: East Loch Tarbert to Crinan Basin. 17.5 miles in 9 hours and 35 minutes. Certainly our lowest average speed for the trip so far. “The prettiest short cut in Scotland” is how the Crinan Canal is billed. Pretty it certainly is, short – more debateable. Yes it does cut …
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 …