
I would like to gain suitable experience first before I venture through the Crinan, Oban and Mull, staying overnight in any nice wee secluded bay that takes my fancy.
What are your plans?
Cheers
Billy
Nick wrote:
A bit of Winter sailing sounds good, but only if it stops pissing it down.
BarnacleBill wrote:My plan now is to get used to the yacht in the Gareloch, then venture into Loch Goilhead. I plan to have an overnight at Carrick Castle then back to Rhu. The next trip will be east side of the Kyles of Bute, stop over at Kames or Tighnabruich, maybe meeting up with a work mate who's mother lives there. Then down the west side back to Rhu.
Storyline wrote:The journey up the Clyde had been nice but nothing prepared us for the view when we arrived at Crinan. Everything seemed on a different scale with Jura and Scarba laid out before us. That first view was absolutely spectacular and within a day we realised the whole character of the area was so different to anything we had experienced before.
Shard wrote:BarnacleBill wrote:My plan now is to get used to the yacht in the Gareloch, then venture into Loch Goilhead. I plan to have an overnight at Carrick Castle then back to Rhu. The next trip will be east side of the Kyles of Bute, stop over at Kames or Tighnabruich, maybe meeting up with a work mate who's mother lives there. Then down the west side back to Rhu.
That sounds like a good plan. Take it easy and get used to how she handles. There's a lot of ground and some really interesting and beautiful spots in the Clyde, some of it with quite a remote feel.
Going further west, depending on the weather, we prefer going around the Mull of Kintyre, but Storyline's post reminded me a the sheer exhilaration when you leave Crinan Basin and go west for the first time;Storyline wrote:The journey up the Clyde had been nice but nothing prepared us for the view when we arrived at Crinan. Everything seemed on a different scale with Jura and Scarba laid out before us. That first view was absolutely spectacular and within a day we realised the whole character of the area was so different to anything we had experienced before.
pagoda wrote:Shard wrote:BarnacleBill wrote:My plan now is to get used to the yacht in the Gareloch, then venture into Loch Goilhead. I plan to have an overnight at Carrick Castle then back to Rhu. The next trip will be east side of the Kyles of Bute, stop over at Kames or Tighnabruich, maybe meeting up with a work mate who's mother lives there. Then down the west side back to Rhu.
That sounds like a good plan. Take it easy and get used to how she handles. There's a lot of ground and some really interesting and beautiful spots in the Clyde, some of it with quite a remote feel.
Going further west, depending on the weather, we prefer going around the Mull of Kintyre, but Storyline's post reminded me a the sheer exhilaration when you leave Crinan Basin and go west for the first time;Storyline wrote:The journey up the Clyde had been nice but nothing prepared us for the view when we arrived at Crinan. Everything seemed on a different scale with Jura and Scarba laid out before us. That first view was absolutely spectacular and within a day we realised the whole character of the area was so different to anything we had experienced before.
+1 on that, but I'd add the sensation of arriving at Gigha from the south. You realise you have really come outside of Kintyre, to a different environment entirely
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