Monday, 16th and Tuesday, 17th September: Oban Marina on Kerrera After walking with Daniel to the train station I had to switch from holiday mode, to overwintering Idun mode.  My first call was to the harbour office, and Vicky the Harbour Master.  We have electric bikes on the boat, but as they are rather too … Continue reading End of the season – overwintering Idun at Oban Marina →

Thursday, 12th September: Sailing South to Tobermory The winds are ever changing and today is now the best day to go south so we headed off late morning after a cooked breakfast that set us up for the day.  Kyle Rhea was a bit rougher than on our previous visits.  Dominic took in the foresail … Continue reading Daniel visiting – Mull and Oban →

Monday, 9th September: Fort William to collect Daniel Daniel was due in to Fort William on the Caledonian Sleeper from Euston just before 10am, but due to emergency track repairs he was forced to go to Aberdeen and then by bus to Fort William.  Which made an already very long journey even longer. Dominic and I … Continue reading Daniel visiting – Skye →

Thursday, 5th September: Sailing the Inner Sound Today we had a weird sail.  We set out as soon as the rain stopped after listening to the 10am maritime safety broadcast, to double check on the winds.  I'd already ascertained that there was no weapons exercises today, just submarine activity.  But we were sailing close to … Continue reading Plockton, Kyle and Isleornsay →

Saturday, 31st August: Just a bit further north More rain today.  It just keeps raining....  We're subject to quite some swells here in Loch Shieldaig, despite being at the end of the very long Loch Torridon, so we're moving off.  We've not gone into the Upper Loch which would have been nice, but not much … Continue reading Loch Gairloch →

Wednesday, 28th August: Shieldaig, 'Herring Bay' We entered Loch Sheildaig, at the southern extremity of Loch Torridon late afternoon, and within an hour or so the rain stopped which was lovely.  We anchored between Shieldaig Island and the village.  The island is clad in Scotch pine and fern and is a very soothing backdrop.   The … Continue reading Loch Torridon →

Sunday, 25th August: Raasay, 'Isle of the Roe Deer' We woke up to still waters and the promise of sunshine.  Finally! We tied up the RIB to the fishing pier behind the ferry terminal, and started our explore of Raasay. Raasay Island sits east of Skye, and is 14 miles long and up to 4 … Continue reading Raasay and Rona →

Friday, 23rd August: Sailing to Skye We had two plans for today.  One was to start early and sail up the west coast of Skye to reach the northern lochs.  With good southerlies, this would be a full-on, whole day sail.  So we got up in good time, Dominic measured the constant wind in our … Continue reading A Hint of Skye →

Wednesday, 14th August: travelling to Oban It was a long journey back after our two weeks at home.  Our pre-booked taxi didn't turn up, but we caught our train to Euston thanks to our lovely neighbour Gee who stepped in and drove us to the station.  We had tickets booked on the Virgin train to … Continue reading We are sailing, We are sailing… →

"In Loch Linnhe one is not at sea at all. Surrounded by great hills, green valleys, and pleasant woodlands, the loch is more of the land than of the sea. Not the ocean, but the bens are masters here."           John McLintock 1938 Monday, 22nd July: Sailing to Port Ramsay, Lismore Island … Continue reading Loch Linnhe →