Wednesday, 29 June 2011

Wednesday 29 June 2011 – Shuna Sound to Lismore (Port Ramsey)

Pontoon and moorings at Linnhe Marine
A thoroughly lazy day (at last).  After a late breakfast and lunch we went ashore via the long pontoon for a late shower.  The facilities are basic but work – you just have to make sure nobody is filling a boat tank before starting the shower.  The moorings here are all very substantial as the bay is open to the NE.  They each have a 2 ton block, heavy riser chain, thinner riser chain, then rope. The idea is to make sure that the boat is not snagging against a heavy riser chain. The yard is called Linnhe Marine and had been recommended to us. They in turn recommended Creran Marine, in Loch Creran, as a possibility for winter storage.

We left via the buoyed S channel and some wind appeared, so we took a sail across Loch Linnhe, or maybe it’s Lynne of Morvern at this point and then headed for the anchorage at Port Ramsey at the NW corner of Lismore. Seems a nice quiet island.  We took a quick look ashore and will explore properly tomorrow.

Miles done etc: I think I will stop counting for now as we are now quite close to Oban.

Anchorage at Port Ramsey
No 3G signal here from 3.  We must be getting into the wilds of the West Coast!



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