China Girl, UK Circumnavigation - Year 2/3

Here we are in Troon where CG will spend her winter. We're doing the boring stuff, cleaning and bedding her down for the winter before heading home on Friday via Blackpool and Leeds.

16 September 2021 | Port Ellen, Islay

So much for a boring 4 hour motor...

12 September was our 40th wedding anniversary. We booked a massage and afternoon tea package in a hotel in Oban. I've had a couple of massages before but am not an affectionado. This one was great, very relaxing. Afternoon tea with Prosecco was upgraded to afternoon tea with champagne which turned [...]

12 September 2021 | Oban harbout

...we did frighten it away

We did frighten it away, the wind that is. Almost all on the motor we moved from Tobermory, down the Sound of Mull, firstly to anchor in Loch Aline, then out of the sound an up Loch Lynne to anchor in Loch a Choire. Under cloudy skies this may be the darkest place we have ever been. Apart from our [...]

04 September 2021 | Loch a Choire

Motoring round Scotland continues...

We left Kilchuan on Wed 28th and motored all the way to Salen in Loch Sunart in no wind. This is a pretty little place but nothing particular to do. Next day we moved to Loch Drumbuie (not Drambuie!) and got a sail, or maybe a vaguely sail assisted float, for a couple of hours at 2.5 - 3 knots upwind. [...]

28 August 2021 | Kichoan Bay, Ardnamurchan Peninsula

Lots of fog and motoring

28 August 2021 | Kichoan Bay, Ardnamurchan Peninsula

Ann and Steve Crome | Misty & chilly

It's not been sailing weather, but it's been sunny...once he fog clears, so not so bad. From L Spelve we motored to Traigh Gheal, a tiny bay on the S coast of Mull and then to Bunessan in L na Laithich on the N Coast of the southern arm of the island. While anchored there we got the bus to Fionnfhort to get the ferry to Iona. We can't anchor anywhere rom which we can get to Iona because of the strong tides, it's too risky to leave the boat unattended (according to the pilot book). So we did he touristy thing on Iona and had a good lunch.

Following day (Thursday, 26th) we motored from Bunessan to Lunga in the Treshnish Islands via Staffa. Got a look at Fingals Cave from about 100 m out with Mendelsson playing on the stereo; brilliant.

Yesterday, finally a sail. We sailed downwind on the cruising chute at around 2.5 to 3.5 kts in 4-6 kts of wind for about 4 h before dropping the chute to motor into Kilchoan Bay on the Ardnamurchan peninsula. Now we're waiting for the fog to lift before we (motor probably) to Salen in L Sunart.

Leaving Buynessan we got our best display yet from 5 dolphins playing around the boat.

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