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Nothing really to report as we stayed onboard bouncing around. The wind was strong and the showers passed through so we just hunkered down and read books all day. It was cold and so not a really great day but at least we were safe and weren’t being bashed against the pontoons as the yachts […]

Woke up to a reasonable morning, no rain and slightly overcast. We had studied the bus timetables and decided to take the bus to Calgary on the west coast of Mull. The bus left at 09:30 and we were in good time to enjoy the views of Tobermory before boarding the 494 bus. What a

Early in the morning the anchor alarm woke us up as Harvard had swung right around and there was a horrible swell coming into the harbour making it quite uncomfortable. The anchor hadn’t dragged so we were quite safe but we gave up the idea of going ashore and set off for Tobermory. As we

we knew this was going to be a longish day with over 40 nautical miles between Barra and the island of Muck. We had a bit of a delayed start because the chart plotter started playing up again and would not recognise the Navionics chart. In the end we sent off at around 08:30 intending

Left Lochboisdale on a cold grey morning after trying to pay our harbour dues. The harbourmaster couldn’t make the card machine work so he said we could have a free night! We set off with no wind and once out of the harbour headed south southwest towards Barra, the southernmost island of the Outer Hebrides.