22nd July Eyemouth to The Holy Island
Sorry about the delayed posts. I have been having trouble uploading photos to the website. I suspect it has been due to slower than normal mobile data speeds. Another landmark…
21st July Arbroath to Eyemouth
After our night moored on the wall outside the fish marked we set off about 07.30 with very little water under our keels. We picked our way out through the…
18th -19th July Peterhead to Stonehaven
We set off from Peterhead with a favourable tide, but yet again a Southerly breeze dead on the nose. The wind against tide built the sea into a very uncomfortable…
17th July Whitehills to Peterhead
We departed Whitehills harbour and set off along the North facing coast, again with many small harbours along the way. Another day of very little wind to start with, but…
16th July Lossiemouth to Whitehills
A very uneventful day, other than Summer seemed to arrive in Scotland….At last. There was one drawback, no wind, so we motored the whole way, but just 24Nm to Whitehills.…
15th July Helmsdale to Lossiemouth
Helmsdale is another amazingly friendly place. Walking around the village everyone says “hello” or starts to chat. After a fairly stressful day on Sunday trying to clear the rope from…
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13th July Wick to Helmsdale
Leaving Wick we set out with the light breeze behind us giving a bit of a role. Not enough wind to get us to Helmsdale at a reasonable time so…
11-12th July Stromness to Wick
Firstly I haven’t forgotten to finish the last post, its just that it was a busy few days and quite a bit to compile. Leaving Stromness was the start of…
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4th July to 7th July – Ullapool to The Orkneys
issue 1 - 10th July Apologies about the silence over the last few days. It been a combination of long days, lots going on, weather too rough to write anything…
3rd July Gairloch to Ullapool
The plan was to head up in the direction of Ullapool and anchor in the Summer Isles and head in to Ullapool on Thursday to pick up Barry and Mike…