Fine and sunny with light wind in the shelter of the anchorage. Went ashore and walked along to Buttock Point, the northern tip of Bute. As we walked a number of yachts came past, obviously in a race. It turned out to be CCC and Fairlie YC having their Closing Muster for 2011 with a race from Rothesay to Tarbert. Back on the boat it was sheltered and warm enough for us to have a swim off the boat – a very brief one of just 2 laps, only the first off the boat this season. After lunch we sailed down the East Kyle to Rothesay, where we went into the harbour. The visitor’s berths seem OK except that the Calmac ferries come and go frequently, making some noise and wash.
We started chatting with two men on a Jeanneau “patio doors” motor boat and joined them for a glass of wine. We heard that there had been a submarine rescue exercise in the area earlier in the day when rescuers were dropped by plane to a sub in distress. We had seen the plane but did not know what it was doing. Follow the
track on Google Maps.
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| Burnt Isles with race coming past |
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Anchored at Burnt Isles.
Caladh Harbour in left background.
Loch Riddon on right. |
