Findochty Harbour
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Summer cruise 2007
Cruise from Findochty down the caledonian canal and back
May 01, 2009: The July Cruise of DestinoI got off to a false start. The Saturday weather was not good for the canal, so I went home again. Sunday night found me bedding down on Destino for an early start. At 03.30 Monday I left Findochty towards Inverness. It was a glorious dawn, with a light S.E. wind that I managed to use un-aided as far as Lossiemouth. From Lossiemouth onwards I motorsailed, entering Clac... » read more
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Preparation in Scotland
Preparations to go cruising
June 15, 2011: After our first little trip I found a few things that did not work or needed some maintenance. The main thing was the autopilot. Although the delivery crew, who sailed the boat from England to Scotland, said the autopilot worked fine, I found it did not work when we took the boat out for a day sail. No big deal for a few hours, but of course I need this vital piece of equipment to work for... » read more
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Inverness to Gosport, August 2008
Inverness - Caledonian Canal - Fort William - Gigha - Bangor(NI) - Douglas(IOM) - Holyhead - Milford Haven - Brixham - Lymington - Gosport
October 19, 2010: Lymington to Gosport on a bank holiday Monday, just like a normal weekend.There are more boats out here than we’ve seen in the entire trip, I had forgotten what a crowded bit of water this is.Vessel on the bow, on port tack, vessel on the starboard bow closing on starboard, go behind her, and then watch out for the other one…Liz and Chris have phoned their family to be down on Gillk... » read more
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Crossing over to Tarbert
After a number of years of being on the east coast I'm now taking my little boat from Cramond in Edinburgh through the Forth and Clyde canal to Bowling and then onwards to Tarbert.
May 01, 2009: After what seems like ages we set out today to take the Timahoy up to the first lock of the Forth and Clyde canal. Its called Carron lock and is just beyond Grangemouth and up the river Carron for two miles.With my new engine and the helpStephen my son and Ron from the ‘Impulse’ at Cramond I got on to the Timahoy. The new engine looked like not starting and we huffed and puffed... » read more
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Day Skipper Practical - Clyde
5 Day qualifying trip and passages under examination to qualify for the RYA Day Skipper/International Certificate of Competence Skipper ticket.
May 24, 2010: Day 5 – no sailing today, less than 5Kn wind and a damp fog. We did get to see some more dolphins though, so it wasn’t a complete waste! » read more
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West Coast of Scotland, Aug 2007
Ardrossan, Sanda, Craighouse (Jura), Tayvallich (Loch Sween), Loch Melfort, Loch Aline, Oban, Tobermory (Mull), Loch Nevis, Loch Harport (Skye), Loch Scresort (Rum), Tobermory, ...
February 20, 2010: Back down the Sound of Mull, past Lismore Island and into the entrance to Oban.We are coming in under sail and Ron doesn’t seem to want to take the main down yet..I am on the helm busy keeping my on one Celedonian MacBrayne ferry that is just leaving the terminal and one another one that is coming up the channel astern of us when..Splash, its that fender over the side again, and a call of... » read more
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East (coast) to West (country) - the other way
This year we're attempting to sail around the UK - going anti-clockwise in the hope of less passages with the wind on the nose and a lot more sailing.
September 23, 2010: This is it for me… no more holidays.Left Mousehole after a lovely comfortable night and headed off for Falmouth.Being a long weekend we were expecting a bit of traffic.Got some really nice sailing in once we rounded Lizard. » read more
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