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Our intention had been to go over to Rathlin Island in Harvard but we rang the harbourmaster and because it was the last day of the festival he had the pontoons full and yachts rafted up, so he didn’t recommend it. He also said there was swell in the harbour making it slightly uncomfortable. So […]

Off on our trip to the Giant’s Causeway at just after 10 o’clock. Another mad bus driver that thought he was in a race using only one hand on the steering wheel. Anyway we arrived safely to find coach loads of tourists already there. We hadn’t realised, but we were told later, that it is

The forecast was reasonable, promising a fast reach across to Northern Ireland in 14 to 20 knots of breeze so we left just before 9 o’clock. Anne had been trying to contact the Ballycastle marina to check availability of space as there is a festival on there and on Rathlin Island at the moment. We

After breakfast we caught a bus to Bowmore, the main town on Islay. What we hadn’t realised before we arrived, is that this week it is the annual whisky festival https://feisile.co.uk/ The bus was packed with all nationalities off to sample the delights at the distilleries and enjoy the festivities. At Bowmore we caught another

The forecast was for north westerly winds so we expected a nice reach, south easterly and south towards Port Ellen. After we dropped the mooring buoy we raised the mainsail and motored out of the harbour to find little wind. We motored along for about 45 minutes and then we had enough wind to sail.