Set off early again from Puilladobhrain to catch the south going tide with the intention of going to Colonsay. We had received a flyer saying that 6 new visitor buoys had been laid by Mowi https://mowi.com/uk/about/ in a bay on Colonsay. Mowi seems to be everywhere in Scotland we have visited and they seem to run all the fish farms we have seen. Anyway Colonsay was dead down wind so we motor sailed gently along with the mainsail held out with the restrainer. Once we arrived it was obvious that it would be really uncomfortable in the bay where the buoys were laid so we quickly decided to head east to Loch Tarbert on Jura.
It was a nice sail until a fishing boat called us on Channel 16 (switched to 10) and asked us to keep clear as he claimed he had 1/2 mile of rope ahead and astern of him and a diver in the water. We guessed perhaps he a scallop fisherman but anyway we had to run the engine for 5 minutes or so to clear him. Soon we were at the entrance to Loch Tarbert. As it was low tide by now it was real rock hopping until we arrived at the inner loch. Blondie Hasler, the famous trans-Atlantic sailor, was instrumental in laying leading marks to avoid the rocks, according to the pilot guide, but by the time we arrived it was pouring with rain and hard to see anything until you were well inside the loch. Using the chart plotter and common sense we managed to pick our way through the rocks, using the leading marks when we could see them, and into the inner loch were it was all peace and calm. Then it was a chance to anchor and dry out. A beautiful setting, totally untouched by habitation. There is an another third loch further up but that was a step too far!!! Anchored in 10m or so of water with 45m of anchor chain. Everything was grey, overcast and raining all day, so no really interesting photographs.