Anchoring in Easdale

[Silkie]

Fancy a pint or six at Ellenbeich later this week but the Lawrence pilot is uncharacteristically reticent about about the qualities of Easdale as an anchorage. Presumably a no-no in NW winds, would anyone care to comment on it's suitability or otherwise for an overnight stop?

[Nick]

Bottom is slate and swinging room is a bit limited, so holding is not great.

Anchor off the end of the slate pier, or pick up the Eilean Eisdale mooring off the W end of the old steamer pier (ruins of). They say a donation is appreciated, but it is unlikely anyone will come out to collect it.

I would say anchor up to F3-4 and not in N or NW as it is gusty - otherwise pick up the buoy.

How much later in the week are you planning this debauch?

[Silkie]

Coming up on Thursday evening and returning Monday evening so 4 days to play with. Plan A included a run out to Coll/Tiree but the tides don't seem favourable for quality time ashore en route. So after an evening with pilot, tide tables and forecasts I am, if anything, further from a firm plan than before I started!

Ellenbeich has been on the hit list since I heard about the micro-brewery and is by way of a fragment of a plan B. Are you sailing this weekend?

[Nick]

1st mate and I are both off to the Clyde first thing Sat to go on separate boats . . .

Will you be inthe Oysterbrewery tomorrow (Thurs) or on Friday? Will try to drop over for a pint and discuss charts, ale and the state of the nation.

- Nick

[Silkie]

We'll probably be too late arriving to get anywhere on Thursday. Friday is a possibility since it doesn't look as if the wind is going to take us very far or fast.

I don't have a 'phone yet but my crew will. If you want to PM your numbers I can call if it looks likely.

[Silkie]

We anchored and moored as it turned out. Read the whole story in the latest blog entry. I'll definitely be going back now that I've figured out where the channel is!