BLUEMOMENT

Nice blue marker on it, temporarily.....
http://forargyll.com/2012/06/oban-lifeb ... uan-sound/

Nice looking yacht from the stern.

Cannot tell if its my rock from that angle
I was heading in to Loch Melfort and turned left too soon - possibly about 40 mins before the flood began.
It was quite a big spring tide
It was quite a loud bang!

We were spun round by the flood and then turned sharply into it and just made it through the sound which took forever, we were doing 0.4 over the ground at one point and i thought for a while we were going to be drifted stern first onto Cuan rock which would not have been good.
We got right across to the starboard side eventually and found a slot out of the main current which gave us a leg up against the increasing flow.

Refused the lifeboat - we got ourselves into it and I felt very much that we needed to get ourselves out of it. There was no water ingress so there was no danger of sinking. Years of teaching in outdoor centres has developed a very strong sense in me of self sufficiency and for me the lifeboat is the absolute final option when everything else has been attempted and has failed.

So, you were perched on the rock for a while until after the tide turned if I read that right?
I assume it was the forward half of the keel that was grounded -had you any way of knowing?
I seem to remember mention of a 'shoe' or other reinforcement fitted to Claymore, could that be what
kept the water on the outside? Any damage?

sahona wrote:So, you were perched on the rock for a while until after the tide turned if I read that right?
I assume it was the forward half of the keel that was grounded -had you any way of knowing?
I seem to remember mention of a 'shoe' or other reinforcement fitted to Claymore, could that be what
kept the water on the outside? Any damage?

Sssshhhhhhhhhhhhh . . .

Don't provoke him, he may expose himself . . .

sahona wrote:So, you were perched on the rock for a while until after the tide turned if I read that right?
I assume it was the forward half of the keel that was grounded -had you any way of knowing?
I seem to remember mention of a 'shoe' or other reinforcement fitted to Claymore, could that be what
kept the water on the outside? Any damage?

Oh we were well dried out Bill.
I climbed off and got a couple of fenders under to prevent damage. We hit and slid up onto the rock. The shoe had been fitted by the previous owner because he used to keep her on a drying Jetty.
No hole, no water in.
The worst part was floating off as we momentarily went sideways on. I thought we might have just slid backwards but am glad we didn't as everything would have come onto the rudder and possibly the prop.
All this happened 11 years ago but remains rather fresh in the mind!

Mmmmm, must have been a bit of a bum-clencher, I've done 11 hours, but on a sandbank in the sunshine and no real chance of damage as long as I could find my way back and wasn't neaped.
You're right about not forgetting these things, but where was I last week?...
We'll hopefully be going out West this weekend, are you coming out to play at all?

Muzzy and I are up on weekend of 6th July to celebrate his retirement. Will be up on the Thursday evening and am back in work on the Tuesday
There are visitor moorings in the Lagoon now in Craignish. Newly laid with a big V on them. Honesty box by the slipway.
What plans do you sort of notionally have Bill?

I have to admit that SWMBO is still a bit edgy after last years escapade, so I'm not admitting to anything more than a liesurely shuffle up the WC, probably Skye-ish. Once we're out and she's captured, I may have more influence. (or not).
It's all to do with Mother Nature and her Azores high.
Your intended diary noted...

claymore wrote:Muzzy and I are up on weekend of 6th July to celebrate his retirement. Will be up on the Thursday evening and am back in work on the Tuesday
There are visitor moorings in the Lagoon now in Craignish. Newly laid with a big V on them. Honesty box by the slipway.
What plans do you sort of notionally have Bill?

VBs: that's useful to know. I've anchored there before, but not happily - there really isn't enough room.

The Malts Cruise starts that weekend: Oban on Fri 6, Tob. on Sun 8, Rum on Tue 10; and the round Mull race is Fri 6 - Sun 8.