A fine day and good forecast – quite a change from a few days ago.
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| Bloodhound catching up – very slowly |
We had a frustrating beat to reach the start of the Sound of Mull, watching for Bloodhound (that’s the yacht that used to belong to the Duke of Edinburgh). She eventually appeared and we kept positioning ourselves for a good view and a few photos as she rushed past. But it did not work like that – she only had main and No1 jib but no mizzen. Also nobody seemed to trim the jib properly so it flapped at the top. I suspect that they wanted to give their paying customers an easy time, so did not insist on perfect sail trim – would not happen if the D of E was on board! The boat is now based at Leith alongside the Royal Yacht Britannia and comes away for 2 months each year taking paying customers sailing. She will be based at Oban for the Summer. The crew are all ex Royal Yacht crew who volunteer for the job.
After a long time Bloodhound eventually overtook us, and then turned round and headed back to Oban as the customers needed to be home in time for tea.
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| Entering Loch Drumbuie |
We carried on, though it was getting a bit of a slow and boring beat (that’s the third time on this trip that we have come along the Sound of Mull against the wind). We did not think that there would be room for us in Tobermory, so we carried on to Loch Drumbuie. You may think that’s an alcoholic drink, but it’s just the anglicised version of the Gaelic name Droma na Bhuide. A perfectly sheltered loch with anchorages in various corners, each with 1 or 2 boats in.
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| Evening in Loch Drumbuie |
No 3G or any other sort of mobile signal here. Tomorrow we need to fill with water and food at Tobermory.
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