Tuesday, May 29, 2012

I have had a fantastic week of sailing with good company and great views. The sailing in Scotland is just unbeatable.  After the problems with the engine I was determined to get back on track but unfortunately it meant missing Stornaway and a Munro on Skye.  John Furneax has been a great crew and we've had a testing but enjoyable time . Our first stop was Tobermory ( again) and then onto Skye. We sailed thro Kyleakin and stayed over night on Skye at a small marina.  From Skye it was straight North - calling for an overnight in Loch Inver. Starnge place this as its one of the busiest fish landing harbour in the UK but it seems tiny. It also has a Fisheries Patrol boat parked just off shore checking all that go in. All the trawlers were from mainland Europe and the crews in the bar that night seemed to be using many different languages - The harbour officers comment was "Well we sold them the quotas!".

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