Another morning of low cloud and occasional rain. We watched 3 Ocean Youth Trust boats leave the outer pontoon of the marina and then slipped our mooring with 1 reef in the main. We soon decided a second reef was necessary and carried on into the Clyde proper. We found the wind much stronger there – about F6 and from the south and right on the nose, so decided to return to Holy Loch and try again later. We picked up another mooring and had a slow lunch and then left again with 3 reefs. This worked much better until the wind dropped a bit, when we started to go rather slowly. It seemed strange to keep wishing that the wind meter would show 22+ so we could sail properly again. We eventually found that the “buoyed channel” to the marina only covered the last few yards, but soon found our allocated space, which seems quite sheltered.
Tomorrow we do a bit of tidying up and a few jobs, then start to go home on Thursday. Follow the
track on Google Maps.
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| Holy Loch during a bright interval |
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| Approaching Kip |
