Saturday 23 July 2011 – Muck to Rum

Another fine day, with the N wind continuing.  We are getting a bit sloppy about going with the tide as the distances are small and it’s neaps.  So we went ashore for a bit more exploration of the island.

Anchorage at Port Mor, Muck with Eigg in background

The engine started OK and we left Muck with no trouble.  However after stopping the engine it would not start again for a few minutes – it seems best not to ignore such a fault, so I phoned Arisaig Marine and found that they have an engineer who could look at it next week.  Loch Scresort, our destination on Rum, is big with easy entrance so we can enter and anchor under sail if there is any problem with the engine.

It was a beat all the way there, as has become the custom, with the wind N4 then N5, going East round the island if Eigg.  On arrival I took a careful look at the engine handbook and found that there is a fuse in the starter circuit, in an almost unreachable position, which has to be the main suspect.  After removing the air cleaner I could just reach the fuse holder, took out the fuse and tested it. After a bit of fiddling the end fell off the fuse, so I think that was the fault.  The fuse-holder contained a spare fuse, so now I hope all is well, but I might re-wire a little with a fuse in a sensible place – it would be very difficult to change the fuse with the boat under way.

No time to explore Rum today – tomorrow we hope to walk the main ridge.


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Approaching Loch Scresort, Rum

Eigg. Its impressive ridge is called The Sgurr