The last two days we have headed for unpopulated bays where the custom is to drop an anchor then either swim ashore with a line or take it in the dinghy, then tighten everything up until you can play F sharp on the stern rope, and the boat will stay as still as if it were on a pontoon! Not recommended in Canna, Ju remarked, as the seaweed farm there would ensure dragging anchors all the time! They drag there anyway, without benefit of ropes ashore!

We spent a couple of nights in a small village called Bozborun, which has an amazing minaret, the top of which is made of blue glass, which shines beautifully when the sun is behind it.

There is an end-of-season air about the place, with the large wooden ships called 'gullets' all being laid up for the winter. We had to move off the dockside in Bozborun to accommodate one which was having its engine changed!

Enjoying the warm but not too hot weather, and the motorsailing and relaxing!