BLUEMOMENT

aquaplane wrote:Have had a good blast down from Loch Aline 33 nm in 6hrs, cold, sunny between showers and windy. Summer was today.
Is that Claymores Claymore, Claymore on the hard at Ardfern?

Just a wee pitstop. Anode, sticking log, aunty fowl.

Looking to be away in the evening. Loch Ewe seems to be a target - The Muz is joining us in Arisaig on Saturday

We will not see you then. We jump on the tidal conveyor South at about 10 tomoz.
Fairwinds.

Just done a long and fascinating post outlining our intention, just about to press submit - "Network Connection Lost"
Bollocks
In Tobers
Canna Tomorrow

Get there early if you want a mooring!

claymore wrote:Just done a long and fascinating post outlining our intention, just about to press submit - "Network Connection Lost"
Bollocks
In Tobers
Canna Tomorrow

TFFT......

Home now.
Tobers, Canna, Soay, Scavaig, Inverie, Mallaig to pick up the Muzz, Coll, Gometra, Bull Hole, West Loch Tarbert Jura, Craighouse, Ardfern!, Pladda- Cuan- Craobh, Ardfern.
Mixed bag of weather - the first week was best - plenty of rain, plenty of Cold wind from last Saturday.
Boat now back on mooring, self now returned safe home. Hope that wasn't the summer! Sun is now shining and it feels about 10 degrees warmer.

Well it definitely wasn't a heat wave. After the Hoolley on sat 6th I headed south. Portpatrick, Peel for 2 nights. Soaked up the TT atmosphere. Saw some racing. Back to Portpatrick. Then Millport, then up the kyles and a night in Rothesay weather was mostly sunny but not too warm apart from Thurs 11th. Had some great sailing and never saw a drop of rain.

claymore wrote:Home now.
Tobers, Canna, Soay, Scavaig, Inverie, Mallaig to pick up the Muzz, Coll, Gometra, Bull Hole, West Loch Tarbert Jura, Craighouse, Ardfern!, Pladda- Cuan- Craobh, Ardfern.

Pretty good going, lucky old sod.

Peel's a really great place, Ian. Only sailed there once, but thoroughly enjoyed it. Kippers and smoked bacon to kill for.....

Wish we'd known you were in the vicinity earlier Ian. We went Troon -Douglas on the Sunday, having discarded Saturday 6th as a bad idea...
Super sunshine, loud bikes, but no castrol R , seems they don't use that any more. so we had to sniff a different niff that I'm not familiar with. I think I've become a paradigm.
On the way back we had planned to stop in Portpatrick but decided to carry on back to Troon when the weather forecast came in.
Those perpetually anchored ships are right on the rhum line and at 0300, just a nuisance. We arrived back in Troon at 0400 to discover someone had parked in our berth!!
One thing you might have missed by leaving early was Hillier on a supercharged Kwakker noting 218Mph as he did a special lap -and that wasn't the top speed logged digitally..
Lovely place ,weather,people - worth going back - but those fekkin overfalls above Ayres Point -- another story!

sahona wrote:Wish we'd known you were in the vicinity earlier Ian. We went Troon -Douglas on the Sunday, having discarded Saturday 6th as a bad idea...
Super sunshine, loud bikes, but no castrol R , seems they don't use that any more. so we had to sniff a different niff that I'm not familiar with. I think I've become a paradigm.
On the way back we had planned to stop in Portpatrick but decided to carry on back to Troon when the weather forecast came in.
Those perpetually anchored ships are right on the rhum line and at 0300, just a nuisance. We arrived back in Troon at 0400 to discover someone had parked in our berth!!
One thing you might have missed by leaving early was Hillier on a supercharged Kwakker noting 218Mph as he did a special lap -and that wasn't the top speed logged digitally..
Lovely place ,weather,people - worth going back - but those fekkin overfalls above Ayres Point -- another story!

My trip from Peel up to Portpatrick on Wed consisted of 4s and 5s right on the nose. I tacked all the way over to Ireland, Lovely looking place Ballywater is, considered going to Bangor but with wind and tide against me I decided to head for PP. Lovely sunny day but after using up all my good tide I was left fighting against it all the way to PP. Thurs from PP up to Millport was outstanding
Still surprised I heard you on the radio On Mon. I was about 10-15 miles north of Peel and you must have been in Douglas. I think you were onto Belfast CG. You were very clear. Any explanations from a radio guru?

only 2 boats in Portpatrick, both called Shearwater!!!



Peel harbour. A beautiful place with very friendly and helpful staff.






nice pic of Paddy's Milestane.



Beautiful day up the kyles on Fri

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Lovely pics. Think I might try to sail down for the TT next year.

Kathy and I were in Peel in 2012.

First time for me in Portpatrick. They have a clever set up at each set of ladders against the wall. You can just see in my picture on the previous post the large round fenders. These are in situ and side up and down some taught vertical lines that are fixed on the wall below low tide mark to a bolt on the wall well above high tide level. You can also fix looped springs to these lines to avoid excessive fore and aft movement.
The lines and fixings on the wall all looked new. Are they?

Also the welcome anchorages stated that the harbour and entrance had been dredged to 2m below chart datum. I can confirm this not to be the case as Shearwater gave the bottom of her keel a scrub on the way out approx 1 hour before low water, luckily a northerly wind and the swift deployment of the full Jib avoided a delayed departure.

Nick wrote:.
Lovely pics. Think I might try to sail down for the TT next year.

Kathy and I were in Peel in 2012.

They've only just got the place right again.
Xx

[booby trapper] " Still surprised I heard you on the radio On Mon. I was about 10-15 miles north of Peel and you must have been in Douglas. I think you were onto Belfast CG. You were very clear. Any explanations from a radio guru? "

I was on to Liverpool CG to report arrival in Douglas as you say. There is a sort of valley across the island, but I guess it may just have been a freak propagation. I did get your DSC call, but as usual pushed all the wrong buttons and lost it. I assumed it was just a mistake as I don't recognise your MMSI when I see it. Must learn how to use radio!!!

I thought Liverpool CG calls were being handled by Holyhead