Moorings updates

[Clyde_Wanderer]

We used the moorings at Craighouse on Jura last week (many more there now than on our previous visits). Cost £10 per night, and the money is collected from your boat in the morning.

One point, the moorings closest to the quay are disturbingly shallow, so I'd recommend keeping to the outside and using a leadline to check. I mention the leadline as, unusually, we were getting a false reading on the echosounder - our keel is about 1.7m.

As we, along with many others, have dragged anchor at Craighouse in a gale, I didn't really grudge it. For a £1 coin you can have a seven and a half minute shower in the grotty yottie area at the back of the hotel,

If you prefer to anchor, the kelp-strewn anchor-dragging area seems to be close to the moorings and we have noticed clean sand on the bottom a little further out, though you'll need to keep an eye on the depth.

Yes, tell me all about bloody shallow moorings and rocks in the dark.
Managed to hit two different rocks and run onto sand in Millport bay on fri night while trying to get one of my mate,s crew onto his boat in the dark each of the rock instances my dept was shown 1.7mtrs so they must have been pinacles or the like.
It is the first time ever and must admit it has really scared me.

[Clyde_Wanderer]

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The Inner Hebrides are widely known as a world class cruising ground Julian, and sailors from all over Europe and the world use the moorings in Arinagour every year. If you think this isn't a matter of general interest then perhaps it is you who is being parochial.

Why don't you and your boat get your butts up here sometime and see what everyone is talking about for yourself?

I would love to, but have you seen the weather. It would be easier if we moved the boat a few weeks prior to our cruise so she was in the area ready. We have left it too late to arrange for this year and we are still working down the list of jobs as we started late due to engine problems. Our shake down trip, well, shook down a few problems

What are you saying now about our weather?
I think you are just jelous that we can have the four seasons in one day.
I mean we had lovely weather this wk end, that is from sat eve on.
two pics, first looking east from Holy loch on sat eve, and sunrise sunday morn, in the same direction.

[sahona]

Eamonn, re the Millport incident, I think your compass must have been affected by a local magners anomally.

[Clyde_Wanderer]

Eamonn, re the Millport incident, I think your compass must have been affected by a local magners anomally.

Good point, Bill, haden't thought of that, but fortunatly it was all stored in compass friendly glass bottles, but on the other hand if it had been stored inside me the incidents might never have happened, or might have at least gone unnoticed