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Thomas was scheduled to catch the train back to London on Saturday morning so we headed over to Oban. The wind was still northerly so again we tacked in a northeasterly direction and again the wind was really up and down between nearly nothing and 20 knots. Happily it was a short sail as we […]

A quiet night at anchor but we found when we moved off that the anchor alarm in the chart plotter was not sounding. Whether the buzzer is no longer functioning or there is another problem will have to be investigated. We motored slowly towards the Cuan Sound and were soon safely through and out into

After a wet day and a cold night the condensation in Harvard was pretty heavy so it was with some relief that the morning turned out to be fine and warm. All the hatches were opened and the wet weather gear hung up outside and we were soon dried out. Thomas and Anne went off

We had booked our passage through the Crinan Canal with an expected time of arrival at the sea lock at Ardrishaig at 10:00 BST. Left Tarbert at around 08:00 in drizzle and actually had a reasonable sail to Ardrishaig and arrived on time but as we took the sails down we could feel the wind

Woke up to drizzle and a forecast of more rain and strong winds so made the decision to stay in Tarbert for the day. After nice showers in great facilities and checking in with the harbour office we went for bacon buns and coffee at the local Deli. By this time it was raining hard